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eminence, prominence, importance, excellence, superiority,
distinction, standing, supremacy, dignity, grandeur, nobility,
blue blood: Despite her shabby appearance, from her bearing and
speech the woman was clearly a person of quality.
qualm n. second thought, doubt, uncertainty, misgiving, hesitation,
scruple, uneasiness, compunction, reluctance, disinclination,
queasiness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, twinge, pang, worry,
concern, Colloq funny feeling, sinking feeling: He had some
qualms about leaving the town where he had lived for over thirty
years.
quandary n. dilemma, predicament, difficulty, plight, cleft stick,
uncertainty: The management is in a quandary: should it risk
overstretching the company by making further capital investment,
or should it risk being left behind by its competitors by
playing safe?
quantity n. amount, extent, volume; sum, number, total; weight, measure:
There seemed to be no limit to the quantity of gold in the mine.
The person who most accurately guesses the quantity of beans in
the jar wins a prize. What quantity of flour should I buy to
make enough cakes for fifty people?
quarrel n. 1 dispute, argument, disagreement, debate, controversy,
discord, difference (of opinion), contention, misunderstanding;
wrangle, tiff, row, squabble, altercation, set-to, scuffle,
feud, fight, fray, fracas, brawl, Donnybrook, mˆl‚e or melee,
riot, battle (royal), Colloq dust-up, barney, scrap, US spat: I
have no quarrel with my accountant - it's the tax man that's the
problem. A quarrel broke out over whose turn it was to wash the
dishes.
--v. 2 argue, disagree, dispute, altercate, have an
altercation, differ, wrangle, be at odds or loggerheads, clash,
squabble, feud, fight, brawl, battle, Colloq fall out, scrap:
When we were children, my sister and I quarrelled all the time,
but we still loved each other.
quarrelsome
adj. testy, petulant, irascible, irritable, disagreeable,
fractious, querulous, peevish, cross, choleric, curmudgeonly,
contrary, dyspeptic, cranky, grouchy, argumentative, combative,