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Main Entry:
bicker [bik-er]
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: disagree
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: argue; hold differing opinion
Synonyms: altercate, battle, bicker, brawl, break with, bring action, clash, contend, contest, controversialize, controvert, debate, differ, disaccord, discept, discord, dispute, dissent, divide, fall out, feud, fight, go for the jugular, haggle, have words, jump on, lay into, let have it, logomachize, object, oppose, palter, quarrel, quibble, rip, row, scrap, set to, skirmish, spar, spat, sue, take issue, take on, war, wrangle, zap
Antonyms: accept, acquiesce, agree, concur, consent
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: row
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: argue, fight
Synonyms: bawl out, berate, bicker, brawl, call on the carpet, dispute, jaw, quarrel, ream, scold, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, tongue-lash, wrangle
Antonyms: agree, concur
Main Entry: scrap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight, argue
Synonyms: battle, bicker, caterwaul, come to blows, fall out, have shouting match, have words, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Antonyms: agree, harmonize, make peace
Main Entry: squabble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: argue
Synonyms: argufy, bicker, brawl, clash, disagree, dispute, encounter, fall out, fight, hassle, have words, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, tiff, wrangle
Antonyms: agree, concur
Main Entry: wrangle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight, argue
Synonyms: altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, contend, cross swords, disagree, dispute, fall out, hassle, have at it, have words, lock horns, pick a bone, put up a fight, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, take on, tangle, tiff
Notes: to wangle means to gain by trickery; to wrangle means to argue or debate something angrily
Antonyms: agree, give in
Related Words
Main Entry: disagree
Part of Speech: verb
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Adjectives:
abusive, adverse, ajar, answerable, aristarchian, at a discount, at cross-purpose, at daggers drawn, at feud, at high words, at issue, at loggerheads, at odds, at sixes and sevens, at variance, bad, biting, blameworthy, blown upon, captious, carping, censorious, chid, clamorous, condemnatory, controversial, contumacious, critical, cutting, cynical, damnatory, defamatory, denominational, denunciatory, disagreeing, disapproved, disapproving, discontented, discordant, disgruntled, disparaging, disputatious, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, disunited, dry, embroiled, exceptionable, exploded, extorted, factious, fastidious, gladiatorial, grudging praise, hard upon, hostile, hypercritical, illaudatory, in bad odor, in hot water, inconsequential, inexcusable, intropunitive, judgmental, litigant, litigious, negative, non-content, non-juring, objurgatory, on bad terms, opposed, out of the question, out of tune, pejorative, pettifogging, polemic, protestant, quarrelsome, rabulistic, recusant, rejectaneous, rejected, rejectitious, reprehensible, reproachful, sarcastic, sardonic, scandalized, schismatic, sectarian, severe, sharp, snooty, sparing of praise, stuck-up, supercilious, taboo, to blame, together by the ears, tongue-whaled, torn, trenchant, unacknowledged, unapproved, unavowed, unbewailed, unblest, uncommendable, uncomplimentary, unconsenting, unconverted, unconvinced, underrated, undeserving, unfavorable, unflattering, unlamented, unpacific, unpacified, unplausive, unpopular, unpromising, unreconciled, unsatisfactory, unsung, unwilling, unworthy, up in arms, verboten, wrong
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