Synonyms for quarreling
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kwawr-uhl, kwor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɔr əl, ˈkwɒr- |
Top 10 synonyms for quarreling
Définition of quarreling
Origin :- "angry dispute," mid-14c., originally "ground for complaint," from Old French querele "matter, concern, business; dispute, controversy" (Modern French querelle), from Latin querella "complaint, accusation; lamentation," from queri "to complain, lament." Replaced Old English sacan. Sense of "contention between persons" is from 1570s.
- adj disagreeing
- adj fighting
- I should never have comfort but in his absence, or when I was quarreling with him.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Sometimes when there was quarreling between the clans they would not receive a messenger.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Which shows that the hour had not been spent in quarreling, at all events.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Says your uncle Silas is like a changed man, on account of all this quarreling.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Was it reasonable to keep on quarreling when the whole village was embracing?
- Extract from : « The Fte At Coqueville » by Emile Zola
- First thing I know they were quarreling, then some un got busy with a gun.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Her thoughts seemed to be quarreling with her emotions, her emotions with her thoughts.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- We have more serious things to think of than quarreling in our conversation.
- Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford
- Their greatest faults then as now were gambling and quarreling.
- Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
- The children were quarreling at the well, and the sound of blows could be heard.
- Extract from : « Prairie Folks » by Hamlin Garland
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