'Quarrelling' definitions:

Definition of 'Quarrelling'

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  • Quarrel \Quar"rel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quarreledor Quarrelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quarreling or Quarrelling.]
  • 1. To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic. [1913 Webster]
  • Our people quarrel with obedience. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • But some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight. [1913 Webster]
  • Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot. [1913 Webster]
  • I will not quarrel with a slight mistake. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]

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