quarreling
Having heated words
Quarreling is engaging in an angry dispute or argument, typically over something minor or personal.
The word suggests back-and-forth verbal conflict rather than a single outburst: The neighbors were quarreling about the fence again.
Also spelled quarrelling, especially in British English.
Verbal conflict between parties
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
- squabblingArguing over trivialities
- wranglingLengthy, contentious disputing
- spatPetty verbal dispute
tiff · row · altercation · dispute · disagreement · exchange · words · shouting
Serious dispute ending relations
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- riftCrack or estrangement
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- discordLack of agreement
friction · tension · animosity · grudge · bad blood · strife · dissension · schism
Intense hostile emotion
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- acrimonyBitter ill will
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
ire · indignation · spite · enmity · vitriol · temper · irritation · frustration
Restoration of friendly relations
- making upInventing or reconciling
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
forgiveness · mediation · compromise · settling · patching up · mending fences · burying the hatchet · armistice
arguing
Verbal conflict between parties
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
- squabblingArguing over trivialities
- wranglingLengthy, contentious disputing
spat · tiff · row · altercation · dispute · disagreement · exchange · words · shouting · yelling
falling-out
Serious dispute ending relations
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- riftCrack or estrangement
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
discord · friction · tension · animosity · grudge · bad blood · strife · dissension · schism · disunion
anger
Intense hostile emotion
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- acrimonyBitter ill will
rancor · ire · indignation · spite · enmity · vitriol · temper · irritation · frustration · exasperation
reconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
- making upInventing or reconciling
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
peace · forgiveness · mediation · compromise · settling · patching up · mending fences · burying the hatchet · armistice · ceasefire
clash
Violent disagreement or collision
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
fray · scuffle · rumpus · donnybrook · melee · fracas · dustup · blowup · scene · showdown
- combativenessaggression, antagonism, belligerence, bellicosity, combativeness
- discorddiscord, Discord, dissonance, discordance, dissonant
- aggressionhostility, violence, attack, fight, combativeness
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- backtalkbacktalk, sass, lip, backchat, talk back
- persistingpersisting, persevering, persistence, perseverance, continuing
quarrelingagreeing
Sharing the same view
harmonizing · reconciling · making peace · getting along · cooperating
quarrelingfinding common ground
civil discourse · deliberating · negotiating · dialoguing · collaborating
- quarreling withVerbally fighting against
quarrel, quarry, quarrelsome, quarrels, quarrelled, quarrelling, quarreled, quarrelsomeness, quarrel with