| Main Entry: | bone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of animate skeleton |
Synonyms: |
bony process, cartilage, ossein, osseous matter |
| Main Entry: | ankle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joint between leg and foot |
Synonyms: |
anklebone, astragalus, bone, talus, tarsus |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | bill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charge money for goods, services |
Synonyms: |
bone, chase, debit, draw upon, dun, figure, invoice, put the arm on, put the bite on, put the squeeze on, reckon, record, render, solicit |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, disapproval |
Synonyms: |
bone of contention, bone to pick, bone, clinker, conflict, contention, denial, difference, disaccord, discord, dissension, dissidence, disunity, far cry, flak, hassle, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nonconformity, nope, objection, opposition, poles apart, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, sour note, spat, split, strife, unorthodoxy, variance |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
Antonyms: |
agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction |
| Main Entry: | jaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bones of chin |
Synonyms: |
bone, chops, jowl, mandible, maxilla, mouth, muzzle, orifice |
| Main Entry: | spine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | backbone |
Synonyms: |
back, bone, chine, rachis, ridge, spinal column, vertebrae, vertebral column |
| Main Entry: | torment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make very upset |
Synonyms: |
abuse, afflict, agonize, annoy, bait, bedevil, bone, bother, break, crucify, devil, distress, drive bananas, drive up the wall, excruciate, give a hard time, harass, harrow, harry, heckle, hound, hurt, irritate, mistreat, molest, nag, pain, persecute, pester, plague, play cat and mouse, provoke, punish, put through wringer, rack, rub salt in wound, smite, tease, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wring |
Antonyms: |
delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | rib |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease |
Synonyms: |
banter, bone, jest, joke, needle, razz, ridge, stay |
| Main Entry: | polemic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
Synonyms: |
altercation, beef, bicker, bickering, blowup, bone, bone of contention, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush, clash, contention, controversy, crusher, debate, difference of opinion, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, dustup, exchange, face-off, falling, feud, fight, 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, word, words, wrangle |