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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, often verbal |
| Synonyms: | argument, beef, bickering, blowup, bone of contention, brawl*, brush*, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap, fracas*, fuss, go*, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble*, run-in, set-to, squabbling, tiff, words, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, concord, harmony, peace, union, unity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brawl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nasty fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal, bickering, broil, clash, disorder, dispute, donnybrook, duke out, feud, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, fuss, hassle, melee, quarrel, rhubarb, riot, row, ruckus*, rumble*, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, squabble, tumult, uproar, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | peace, truce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change from friendly to unfriendly relationship |
| Synonyms: | alienation, altercation, breach, clash, difference of opinion, disaffection, dispute, divergence, estrangement, fight, misunderstanding, rift, rupture, schism, separation, split, trouble |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Main Entry: | contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competition |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, battle, beef, belligerency, bone of contention, bone to pick, combat, conflict, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, enmity, feuding, fight, flak, hassle, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, squabble, static, strife, struggle, variance, war, wrangle, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | affection, consideration, friendliness, friendship, good will, kindness, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, struggle |
| Synonyms: | action, affray, altercation, battle, battle royal, beef, brawl, brush, combat, conflict, controversy, debate, discord, dispute, emulation, encounter, engagement, fray, go*, hassle, rivalry, row, rumble*, run-in, scrap, set-to, shock, skirmish, static, strife, striving, tug-of-war, warfare, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, calm, peace, quiet, stillness, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | controversy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debate, dispute |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef, bickering, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, dissention, embroilment, falling-out, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff, words, wrangle, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet |
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion of issues; consideration |
| Synonyms: | agitation, altercation, argument, argumentation, blah-blah, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, controverting, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation, mooting, polemic, rebutting, reflection, refuting, tiff, words, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
| Main Entry: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef, bickering, controversy, dispute, falling-out, fight, hassle, misunderstanding, quarrel, squabble, strife, trouble |
| Antonyms: | harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | disagreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, quarrel |
| Synonyms: | altercation, animosity, antagonism, argument, atmospherics, bickering, breach, break, clash, clashing, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, cross-purposes, debate, difference, discord, dissent, dissidence, disunion, disunity, division, divisiveness, falling out, feud, fight, friction, hassle, hostility, ill feeling, ill will, jarring, misunderstanding, opposition, rupture, spat, split, squabble, strife, tension, variance, vendetta, words, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | acquiescence, agreement, harmony, peace |
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