sparred

VERB

fight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

argue bicker contend quarrel wrangle

STRONG

contest dispute

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree give in

VERB

scrap

Synonyms

STRONGEST

argue quarrel

STRONG

box fight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the May 30, 2026, print edition as 'BP’s Chairman Sparred With Director and Ex-CEO'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Sparred, quoted by Richardson from the Romance of the Rose, and Troilus and Creseide, is in the edition of Chaucer referred to by Tyrwhitt, written in the Romance "spered," and in Troilus "sperred."

From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George