quarreling

The word “quarreling” has 3 syllables: quar-re-ling

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɒr.əlɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for quarreling?

In the thesaurus, “quarreling” has 48 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quarreling along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for quarreling

  • altercating
  • argufying
  • arguing
  • at loggerheads
  • at odds
  • at variance
  • bandying words
  • bickering
  • brabbling
  • brawling
  • butting heads
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • challenging
  • clashing
  • conflicting
  • considering
  • contending
  • contesting
  • controverting
  • daring
  • debating
  • defying
  • differing
  • discordant
  • discussing
  • disputing
  • falling out
  • fighting
  • fussing
  • hassling
  • in disagreement
  • inharmonious
  • jarring
  • kicking
  • locking horns
  • mixing it up
  • nitpicking
  • objecting
  • protesting
  • quibbling
  • rowing
  • scrapping
  • spatting
  • squabbling
  • tangling
  • tiffing
  • wrangling

Antonyms for quarreling

  • accepting
  • agreeing
  • assenting
  • coexisting
  • concurring
  • consenting
  • getting along

Meanings of quarreling

  • noun
    1. A heated argument.

Example Sentences

  • The neighbors were overheard loudly quarreling about the property line.
  • Siblings often find themselves quarreling over trivial matters.
  • The couple spent the evening quarreling about financial priorities.
  • The team members were caught quarreling over conflicting ideas during the brainstorming session.
  • Despite their close friendship, they found themselves quarreling over differences in political opinions.

On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quarreling, such as: accepting, agreeing, altercating, argufying, arguing, assenting, at loggerheads.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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haggling

jangling

  • acrid
  • antagonistic
  • antipathetic
  • asperous
  • astringent
  • at odds
  • atonal
  • babbling
  • bitter
  • blabbering
  • blaring
  • blatant
  • blathering
  • bleak
  • bleating
  • blithering
  • boisterous
  • bonging
  • bumbling
  • cacophonic
  • cacophonous
  • caterwauling
  • chattering
  • chatting
  • chiming
  • chinking
  • chuntering
  • clamorous
  • clanging
  • clangorous
  • clanking
  • clashing
  • clattering
  • clinking
  • coarse
  • contradictory
  • contrarient
  • contrary
  • cracked
  • craggy
  • creaking
  • croaking
  • different
  • ding-donging
  • dinging
  • dinning
  • disagreeable
  • disagreeing
  • discordant
  • discrepant
  • disharmonic
  • disharmonious
  • dissonant
  • disturbing
  • divergent
  • driveling
  • drivelling
  • drooling
  • dry
  • earsplitting
  • echoing
  • flat
  • gabbing
  • gabbling
  • gibbering
  • glaring
  • gonging
  • grating
  • grim
  • guttural
  • hard
  • harsh
  • hoarse
  • incompatible
  • incongruous
  • inconsistent
  • inconsonant
  • inharmonic
  • inharmonious
  • jabbering
  • jagged
  • jangly
  • jarring
  • jawing
  • jingling
  • knelling
  • loud
  • maundering
  • metallic
  • mouthing
  • mumbling
  • murmuring
  • muttering
  • noisy
  • not smooth
  • obstreperous
  • off-key
  • on a sour note
  • opposite
  • out-of-key
  • out-of-tune
  • pattering
  • pealing
  • pinging
  • plinking
  • plonking
  • plunking
  • prating
  • prattling
  • quarreling
  • rasping
  • raspy
  • rattling
  • raucous
  • resonating
  • resounding
  • reverberating
  • rigid
  • ringing
  • rough
  • rude
  • rugged
  • running on
  • rusty
  • scratching
  • scratchy
  • screeching
  • severe
  • sharp
  • shouting
  • shrieking
  • shrill
  • smattering
  • sonorous
  • sour
  • sputtering
  • squawky
  • squeaky
  • stammering
  • stentorian
  • stertorous
  • strident
  • stridulant
  • stridulous
  • stuttering
  • tanging
  • tingling
  • tinkling
  • tittle-tattling
  • tolling
  • trolling
  • tuneless
  • uncongenial
  • uneven
  • unharmonious
  • unlevel
  • unmelodious
  • unmixable
  • unmusical
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing
  • unrelenting
  • unvocal
  • uproarious
  • vociferant
  • vociferous
  • yacking
  • yakking

objecting

  • adversarial
  • adverse
  • afraid
  • against
  • against the grain
  • aghast
  • allergic
  • antagonistic
  • anti
  • antipathetic
  • antithetical
  • antonymous
  • at cross-purposes
  • at odds
  • averse
  • backward
  • balked
  • balking
  • battling
  • beaten
  • beefing
  • belligerent
  • bellyaching
  • bitching
  • bleating
  • carping
  • caterwauling
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • censuring
  • challenging
  • chapfallen
  • clashing
  • combating
  • complaining
  • conflicting
  • confronting
  • contrary
  • controverting
  • contumacious
  • counter
  • crabbing
  • crestfallen
  • criticizing
  • croaking
  • crossing
  • daring
  • debating
  • declinatory
  • declining
  • defeated
  • defending
  • defensive
  • defying
  • demonstrating
  • demurring
  • denouncing
  • denying
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • disagreeing
  • disconcerted
  • discontented
  • discouraged
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disillusioned
  • disobeying
  • disputed
  • disputing
  • dissatisfied
  • dissentient
  • distressed
  • divergent
  • doubtful
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • dubious
  • enemy
  • excepting
  • exposing
  • expostulating
  • facing
  • fighting
  • foiled
  • frustrated
  • fussing
  • gagging
  • gainsaying
  • griping
  • grizzling
  • grouching
  • grousing
  • growling
  • grumbling
  • grumping
  • hassling
  • hesitating
  • hollering
  • hopeless
  • hostile
  • impatient
  • in opposition
  • incompatible
  • indisposed
  • inimical
  • irreconcilable
  • irregular
  • keening
  • kicking
  • loath
  • maundering
  • moaning
  • murmuring
  • muttering
  • nagging
  • negative
  • not in the mood
  • obstructive
  • opposed
  • opposing
  • opposite
  • protesting
  • quarreling
  • quarrelling
  • quibbling
  • rebelling
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • refractory
  • refusing
  • reluctant
  • repelling
  • repining
  • resistant
  • restive
  • restrictive
  • rival
  • screaming
  • shot down
  • shy
  • shying
  • slow
  • squabbling
  • squawking
  • squealing
  • sticking
  • taken down
  • taking exception
  • taking issue
  • thwarted
  • truculent
  • uneager
  • unhappy
  • unsatisfied
  • unsympathetic
  • up against
  • upset
  • vanquished
  • wailing
  • warring
  • whimpering
  • whingeing
  • whinging
  • whining
  • withstanding
  • worsted
  • wrangling
  • yammering
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yowling

jarring

  • acid
  • agitating
  • altercating
  • amazing
  • argufying
  • arguing
  • artless
  • astonishing
  • astounding
  • awesome
  • awful
  • bandying words
  • battling
  • befuddling
  • bewildering
  • bickering
  • bizarre
  • blaring
  • blindsiding
  • bouncy
  • brabbling
  • brawling
  • breathtaking
  • bumpy
  • butting heads
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • chafing
  • challenging
  • clashing
  • clumsy
  • colliding
  • combating
  • combatting
  • conflicting
  • confounding
  • confusing
  • considering
  • conspicuous
  • contending
  • contesting
  • controverting
  • crude
  • crushing
  • daring
  • debating
  • defying
  • differing
  • disaccording
  • disagreeable
  • disagreeing
  • discomfiting
  • disconcerting
  • discordant
  • discording
  • discussing
  • disgusting
  • disharmonious
  • dismaying
  • disputing
  • dissenting
  • dissonant
  • dumbfounding
  • dumfounding
  • engaging
  • extraordinary
  • eye-opening
  • fabulous
  • falling out
  • fighting
  • flabbergasting
  • flashy
  • flustering
  • fussing
  • galling
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • graceless
  • grating
  • gross
  • grotesque
  • harsh
  • hassling
  • heart-stopping
  • impressive
  • inartistic
  • incomprehensible
  • inconceivable
  • incredible
  • inelegant
  • inharmonious
  • jangling
  • jaw-dropping
  • jerky
  • jiggly
  • jolting
  • jouncy
  • jumpy
  • kicking
  • kinky
  • locking horns
  • loud
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • miraculous
  • mixing it up
  • muddling
  • nitpicking
  • nonplusing
  • nonplussing
  • notable
  • noticeable
  • objecting
  • obscene
  • odd
  • off-key
  • outlandish
  • outstanding
  • perplexing
  • phenomenal
  • portentous
  • prodigious
  • protesting
  • quarreling
  • quarrelling
  • quibbling
  • ragged
  • rare
  • rasping
  • raspy
  • raucous
  • remarkable
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • rocky
  • rough
  • rowing
  • rude
  • scrapping
  • sensational
  • shaking
  • shocking
  • shrill
  • singular
  • smashing
  • spatting
  • spectacular
  • squabbling
  • staggering
  • startling
  • striking
  • stunning
  • stupefying
  • stupendous
  • sublime
  • surprising
  • tacky
  • tangling
  • tasteless
  • tawdry
  • tiffing
  • ugly
  • unaesthetic
  • unannounced
  • unanticipated
  • unartistic
  • unbelievable
  • uncommon
  • uncouth
  • uncultured
  • uneven
  • unexpected
  • unforeseen
  • unharmonious
  • unimaginable
  • unique
  • unlikely
  • unmelodious
  • unmusical
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing
  • unrefined
  • unsettling
  • unthinkable
  • unusual
  • unwonted
  • upsetting
  • vulgar
  • wiggly
  • wobbly
  • wonderful
  • wondrous
  • wrangling

quibbling

  • altercating
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguousness
  • argufying
  • arguing
  • bandying words
  • beefing
  • bellyaching
  • bickering
  • bitching
  • brabbling
  • brawling
  • butting heads
  • captious
  • carping
  • casuistic
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • challenging
  • circumlocution
  • clashing
  • complaining
  • considering
  • contending
  • contesting
  • controverting
  • crabbing
  • criticizing
  • croaking
  • daring
  • debating
  • defying
  • delicate
  • demanding
  • discussing
  • disputing
  • elusive
  • equivocalness
  • equivocation
  • evasive
  • exact
  • exacting
  • falling out
  • fastidious
  • fault-finding
  • faulting
  • fighting
  • fine
  • finespun
  • finical
  • finicking
  • finicky
  • frivolous
  • fussing
  • fussy
  • griping
  • grousing
  • growling
  • grumbling
  • hairline
  • hairsplitting
  • hassling
  • inconsequential
  • inconsiderable
  • insignificant
  • jarring
  • kicking
  • kvetching
  • locking horns
  • meticulous
  • minute
  • mixing it up
  • moaning
  • murkiness
  • murmuring
  • muttering
  • nebulousness
  • negligible
  • nice
  • niggling
  • nit-picking
  • nitpicking
  • nuanced
  • objecting
  • obscureness
  • obscurity
  • opacity
  • particular
  • petty
  • picky
  • piddling
  • prevaricative
  • protesting
  • quarreling
  • quarrelling
  • refined
  • rowing
  • scrapping
  • shuffle
  • sophistic
  • sophistical
  • spatting
  • splitting hairs
  • squabbling
  • squawking
  • squealing
  • subtle
  • tangling
  • tergiversation
  • tiffing
  • trifling
  • trivial
  • wailing
  • whimpering
  • whining
  • wrangling
  • yammering
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yowling

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