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   quarrel

   /ˈkwɒrəl/

   noun

   • 1. a heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms: "she made the mistake of picking a quarrel with John"
   • ▪ a reason for disagreement with a person, group, or principle: "we have no quarrel with the people of the country, only with the dictator"

   verb

   • 1. have a heated argument or disagreement: "stop quarrelling with your sister"
   • ▪ take exception to or disagree with (something): "some people quarrel with this approach"
   • ▪ complain or scold someone: "he will quarrel like hell if he see black pods on the trees"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘reason for disagreement with a person’): from Old French querele, from Latin querel(l)a ‘complaint’, from queri ‘complain’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. quarreller noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

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