Quarreled - English meaning

verb

Give reasons or cite evidence in support of an idea, action, or theory, typically with the aim of persuading others to share one's view.

Usage examples:

Sociologists argue that inequalities in industrial societies are being reduced

verb

To disagree esp. strongly and sometimes angrily in talking or discussing something

Usage examples:

They argued about money., i can’t argue with you about that (= i agree with you)., [ i ] they argue…

verb

To speak angrily to someone, telling that person that you disagree with them

Usage examples:

Argue over they were arguing over which film to go and see., the children are always arguing., argu…

idiom

To disagree

Usage examples:

They're at odds over the funding of the project., her version of events was at odds with (= very di…

phrase

To be in disagreement with someone or something, or to be different from him, her, or it

Usage examples:

Young people's reactions to world events are often at variance with those of their parents., her pu…

verb

Argue about petty and trivial matters.

Usage examples:

Couples who bicker over who gets what from the divorce

verb

To argue about unimportant matters

Usage examples:

They were bickering over what to order and where to sit.

verb

To argue about things that are not important

Usage examples:

Will you two stop bickering!, they're always bickering with each other about/over their personal pr…

noun

A rough or noisy fight or quarrel.

Usage examples:

He'd got into a drunken brawl in a bar

verb

Fight or quarrel in a rough or noisy way.

Usage examples:

He ended up brawling with a lout outside his house

noun

A physical fight involving a group of people, esp. in a public place

Usage examples:

A brawl in the cafeteria left the place a mess.

noun

An early type of human being whose fossil remains have been found in europe and the surrounding areas

verb

Be unlike or dissimilar.

Usage examples:

The second set of data differed from the first

verb

To be not like something else; to be different

Usage examples:

American english and british english obviously differ in pronunciation., we may differ on what the …

verb

To be not like something or someone else, either physically or in another way

Usage examples:

Differ in the twins look alike, but they differ in temperament., differ from his views differ consi…

verb

Have or express a different opinion.

Usage examples:

No one was willing to disagree with him

verb

To have a different opinion or be unable to agree

Usage examples:

I disagree with you about that., most scientists agree there is a risk, but disagree over the exact…

verb

To not have the same opinion, idea, etc. as someone or to not agree with them

Usage examples:

Disagree about/on sth the two sides in the pay dispute strongly disagree about raises., disagree wi…

noun

A disagreement or argument.

Usage examples:

A territorial dispute between the two countries

verb

Argue about (something).

Usage examples:

The point has been much disputed

noun

An argument or disagreement

Usage examples:

[ c ] management and the union are trying to resolve the dispute over working conditions., her skil…

verb

Take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.

Usage examples:

The men were fighting

noun

A violent confrontation or struggle.

Usage examples:

He'd got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club

verb

Be engaged in a contest or struggle

noun

A number of people or things in a more or less straight line.

Usage examples:

Her villa stood in a row of similar ones

verb

Propel (a boat) with oars.

Usage examples:

Out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy

noun

A spell of rowing.

Usage examples:

The two friends had gone for a light row and were turning the double scull boat opposite the boat s…

noun

A thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship.

Usage examples:

The spars - those are those huge, diagonal sticks hanging from the masts - are the frame for the sa…

verb

Make the motions of boxing without landing heavy blows, as a form of training.

Usage examples:

One contestant broke his nose while sparring

noun

A period or bout of sparring.

Usage examples:

Maybe she could beat him in a spar match, but he wouldn't find out until the annual martial arts to…

noun

A noisy quarrel about something trivial.

Usage examples:

Family squabbles

verb

Quarrel noisily over a trivial matter.

Usage examples:

The boys were squabbling over a ball

noun

A disagreement, often about an unimportant matter

Usage examples:

Family squabbles with your brothers and sisters, they squabbled about how the money would be spent.

noun

A dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated.

Usage examples:

An insurance wrangle is holding up compensation payments

verb

Have a long, complicated dispute or argument.

Usage examples:

The bureaucrats continue wrangling over the fine print

verb

To argue, often in a noisy or angry way

Usage examples:

We have been wrangling with the management for weeks over parking spaces for employees.