QUARREL (WITH) Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

quarrel (with)

verb

Definition of quarrel (with)

as in to object (to)

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Mukhopadhyay said the minister’s resignation has made people less fearful of protesting against a government that critics have long accused of suppressing dissent.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Students at Willa Cather Elementary School hold their fists up to protest school closures as thousands gather at Union Park before marching to Grant Park for the May Day march on May 1, 2025, in Chicago.

— Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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Parents keep complaining to me that their kids are sedentary at school, even though humans need to keep moving throughout the day to be healthy.

— Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Aside from social media posts complaining about the war’s fallout and some grumbling from oligarchs about the Kremlin seizing their assets, there are still no signs of any widespread popular unrest against Vladimir Putin’s regime.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

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