tiff [tif] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
tiff [tif]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: argument
Synonyms: altercation, bad mood, bickering, difference, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, fit, huff, miff, pet, quarrel, row*, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, sulk, tantrum, temper, words, wrangle
Antonyms: agreement, harmony
Main Entry: anger
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: state of being mad, annoyed
Synonyms: acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up, cat fit, chagrin, choler, conniption, dander, disapprobation, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, hissy fit, huff, ill humor, ill temper, impatience, indignation, infuriation, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, slow burn, soreness, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence
Antonyms: agreeability, calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, pleasantness
Main Entry: argument
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: verbal fight
Synonyms: altercation, beef, bickering, blowup, bone, bone of contention, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush, clash, controversy, crusher, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, dustup, exchange, face-off, falling, feud, finisher, flap, fuss, gin, go*, hassle, knock down and drag out, knockdown, out, quarrel, rhubarb, romp, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, shindy, spat, squabble, static*, stew, talking heads, tiff, words, wrangle
Example Sentences
  • Television's royalty is in the middle of another unsavory tiff.
  • The tiff could be the latest case of a company considering a domain name to be part of its intellectual property.
  • They seem to enjoy each other's company so much that the audience can only wonder what happens when they have a marital tiff.
Main Entry: bicker
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: nastily argue
Synonyms: altercate, brawl, caterwaul, cause a scene, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, pick at, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, trade zingers, wrangle
Notes: to bicker is to quarrel and to dicker is to haggle or bargain
Antonyms: agree, concede, discuss
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: difference
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: opposing views
Synonyms: argument, beef, blowup, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush*, brush-off, catamaran, clash, conflict, contention, contrariety, contretemps, controversy, debate, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, dustup, estrangement, hassle, quarrel, row*, run-in, scrap*, set-to, spat, strife, tiff, variance, words, wrangle
Antonyms: agreement, assent, concurrence, consent
Main Entry: dispute
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: argument
Synonyms: altercation, beef, bickering, bone of contention, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fireworks*, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff, misunderstanding, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle
Antonyms: agreement
Main Entry: falling-out
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: quarrel or altercation
Synonyms: altercation, argument, bicker, brawl, clash, contention, disagreement, dispute, exchange, feud, fight, fracas, friction, fuss, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, run-in, sharp words, snarl, spat, squabble, strife, tiff
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