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quarreling
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quarreling
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disagreeing |
| Synonyms: | at odds, bickering, conflicting, differing, discordant, fighting, in disagreement, inharmonious, squabbling |
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | altercate, argue, battle, be at loggerheads, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out, feud, fight, find fault, get tough with, hassle, have it out, have words, lock horns, mix it up, object to, row, scrap, set to, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take exception, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, make peace |
| Main Entry: | discordant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not in harmony; conflicting |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, on a sour note, opposite, quarreling, strident, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, agreeing, concordant, cooperating, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | disagreeing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | differing |
| Synonyms: | at odds, dissenting, quarreling |
| Main Entry: | meanness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a mean action |
| Synonyms: | belittling, cheating, coveting, deceiving, defaming, defrauding, degrading, dishonoring, groveling, grudging, quarreling, scolding, shaming, sneaking |
| Main Entry: | unharmonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inharmonious |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonic, jangling, jarring, on a sour note, opposite, quarreling, rude, strident, unmelodious, unmixable, unmusical |
| Main Entry: | unmusical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inharmonious |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonic, jangling, jarring, on a sour note, opposite, quarreling, rude, strident, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally fight |
| Synonyms: | altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, break with, buck, bump heads, contend, cross, cross swords, disagree, dispute, face down, face off, feud, gang up on, get in one's face, go one on one, hammer, hammer away, hash, hash over, hassle, have at each other, have at it, jump, jump on, knock around, lock horns, mix it up, pettifog, pick an argument, put up a fight, put up a struggle, quarrel, quibble, rehash, row, sass, set to, sock it to, squabble, stick it to, talk back, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, harmonize, ignore, overlook |
| 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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