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falling out
| Main Entry: |
fall out
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue |
| Synonyms: | altercate, bicker, clash, differ, disagree, fight, quarrel, spar, squabble |
| Antonyms: | agree, concur |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | feud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major argument; estrangement |
| Synonyms: | altercation, bad blood, bickering, broil, combat, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, enmity, faction, falling out, fight, fracas, grudge, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, row, run-in, squabble, strife, vendetta |
| Antonyms: | agreement, comradeship, friendship |
| Main Entry: | rift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference of opinion |
| Synonyms: | alienation, breach, break, clash, disagreement, division, estrangement, falling out, misunderstanding, quarrel, rupture, schism, separation, split |
| Antonyms: | agreement, concordance |
| Main Entry: | vendetta |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feud |
| Synonyms: | argument, bad blood, bickering, conflict, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, falling out, family feud, fight, fracas, grudge, hostility, quarrel, revenge, rivalry, row, squabble, strife |
| Main Entry: | blood feud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitter conflict |
| Synonyms: | bad blood, conflict, falling out, family feud, feud, fight, grudge, vendetta |
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
| Synonyms: | action, bechance, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, gel, go, go down, hap, happen, jell, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, supervene, transpire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
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