What does quarrelled mean?
Word: Quarrelled
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Quarrelled means had an angry argument with someone. It is the past tense of quarrel.
Synonyms: argued, fought, squabbled, bickered
Antonyms: made up
How do you spell quarrelled?
Syllables: quar - relled
Tricky part: It needs a double r in the middle and, in British spelling, a double l before ed. Students often lose one of the r's.
Watch out for: quarelled, qwarrelled, quarrelld
Memory tip: Two people, two r's: in every argument each side growls an r back at the other.
Quarrelled in a sentence
Example 1: The two crows quarrelled loudly over a piece of roti.
Example 2: Mira and her brother quarrelled about which channel to watch.
Example 3: The kings of the two kingdoms quarrelled over a strip of land.
Fun Fact
Quarrel comes, through Old French, from the Latin querela, a complaint. Its root verb queri, to complain, also gave English querulous, meaning always complaining.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word 'quarrelled' as used in the sentence:
The twins quarrelled over the last mango but cut it in half in the end.
a) grumbled
b) clashed
c) disputed
d) agreed
Show answer
d) agreed. Disputed, clashed and grumbled all describe the fight; agreed is what the twins did not do at first.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letters to form a word:
qu_rr_lled
a) a, e
b) a, a
c) o, e
d) e, e
Show answer
a) a, e. The first vowel after qu is a, and the second is the e of quarrel.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:
The neighbours lerqualder about the parking space for weeks.
a) quartered
b) quivered
c) squabbled
d) quarrelled
Show answer
d) quarrelled. The two r's, two l's and the d point to quarrelled; quartered has a t, quivered a v and squabbled a b.
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. apolagised 2. complained 3. forgave 4. quarrelled
a) stopped being angry with someone
b) had an angry argument
c) said you were unhappy about something
d) said sorry
Show answer
d) said sorry. Apologise is built on a-pol-o-gy, with an o after the l, not an a.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Two friends who quarrelled and then made up have ____.
a) moved to a new city
b) joined a new team
c) become friends again
d) stopped talking forever
Show answer
c) become friends again
2. Two neighbours who have just quarrelled are most likely to ____.
a) lend each other books
b) avoid each other for a while
c) share their lunch every day
d) plan a trip together
Show answer
b) avoid each other for a while
