bickering
- quarreling adj.
- altercation n.
- argument n.
- beef n.
- brawl n.
- controversy n.
- difficulty n.
- disagreement n.
- dispute n.
- dissension n.
- feud n.
- fracas n.
- friction n.
- fuss n.
- hairsplitting n.
- hassle n.
- imbroglio n.
- polemic n.
- quarrel n.
- row n.
- ruction n.
- run-in n.
- spat n.
- squabble n.
- strife n.
- tiff n.
- unrest n.
- uproar n.
- vendetta n.
- wrangle n.
Example Sentences
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Its cast includes the bickering members of a Sri Lankan hotel cleaner’s family, insecure American freshmen, dead-end third-tier college professors and their highflying Ivy League counterparts and dispirited university functionaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
One way a court can handle rumors of interpersonal bickering is to stop behaving badly in public sessions.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Once such disdain for a settlement becomes possible, the SEC’s ability to set a clear standard for future conduct is greatly compromised, and continuing bickering becomes likely after any settlement.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
However, it is a chance to bond and see new places - something siblings from Manchester Katie and Harrison, wanted to do, in contrast to the stereotype of bickering brothers and sisters.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Anxiety, self-doubt, and bickering replaced that night’s buoyant optimism as Bolles scrutinized each of them anew, trying to figure out who to keep in the boat and who to demote.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
