I. noun
a usually verbal dispute marked by anger or discord
a quarrel over who would drive the car
Synonyms: altercation, ||barney, beef, bickering, brabble, brannigan, brawl, controversy, difficulty, dispute, dust, dustup, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fight, fracas, fuss, hassle, imbroglio, knock-down-and-drag-out, miff, ||prabble, ||pribble, rhubarb, row, ruckus, run-in, set-to, spat, squabble, squall, tiff, to-and-fro, word(s), wrangle; compare brawl 2
Related Word: battle royal, catfight; affray, bobbery, broil, donnybrook, fray, free-for-all, melee, ruction, rumpus, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle; conflict, contention, difference, discord, dissension, strife, variance; disagreement, misunderstanding
Idioms: ||pribbles and prabbles
Contrasted words: accord, concord, harmony; agreement, likemindedness, understanding, unity
II. verb
to contend noisily or captiously
with his belligerent personality he was always quarreling with someone
Synonyms: altercate, bicker, brabble, brawl, ||cast out, caterwaul, fall out, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle; compare argue 2
Related Word: differ, disaccord, dissent, divide, vary; bump, clash, collide, conflict, thwart; battle, contend, fight, war
Idioms: have words with, pull caps
Contrasted words: agree, coincide, concur