quarrel
noun
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
quarreler
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a word derived from
quarrel.
Example Sentences
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Emmerich noted it’s unlikely the studio would consider spin-off projects, say, a film centered on Evangeline Lilly’s elf quarreler Tauriel, who was a new creation for “The Hobbit” films.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2014
The angry son, the good friend, the bad husband, the quarreler, the sentimentalist, the secret lover, the despairing father.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2011
“Here’s your hot water,” he said, and his was the voice of the other quarreler.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
But a man is more ashamed to be a flatterer than a quarreler.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
