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Main Entry:	hassle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bother, harass
Synonyms:	annoy, argue, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bicker, dispute, harry, hound, pester, plague, quibble, squabble, worry, wrangle, argufy, dun
Antonyms:	agree, concur, make peace

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

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Main Entry:	badger
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	nag, bother
Synonyms:	annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, give the business, insist on, work on

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Main Entry:	beset
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	plague; hem in
Synonyms:	aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug, circle, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround

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Main Entry:	bicker
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	nastily argue
Synonyms:	brawl, caterwaul, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle, altercate, cause a scene, pick at, trade zingers
Notes:	to bicker is to quarrel and to dicker is to haggle or bargain
Antonyms:	agree, concede, discuss

Main Entry:	contest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fight
Synonyms:	attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, gang up on, hassle, lay out, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, sock*, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle, altercate, fight over, knuckle with, lay a finger on, put on gloves, put up dukes, set to, square off
Antonyms:	agree

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Main Entry:	debate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	argue, discuss
Synonyms:	agitate, answer, bandy, bicker, canvass, cogitate, confute, consider, contend, contest, controvert, cross swords, deliberate, demonstrate, differ, disprove, dispute, hassle, lock horns, moot, oppose, prove, question, reason, rebut, refute, rehash, wrangle, altercate, bump heads, chew the fat, confab, discept, hammer away at, hash over, have at it, kick around, knock around, pettifog, pick a bone, put up argument, set to, talk back, talk game, thrash out, toss around
Antonyms:	agree, go along

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Main Entry:	dispute
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	argue
Synonyms:	agitate, altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, canvass, challenge, clash, confute, contend, contest, contradict, controvert, debate, deny, disaffirm, discept, discuss, disprove, doubt, gainsay, hassle, have at, impugn, jump on one's case, kick around, lock horns, moot, negate, pick a bone, quarrel, question, quibble, rebut, refute, squabble, take on, thrash out, toss around, wrangle
Antonyms:	agree, give in, go along

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Main Entry:	endeavor
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	attempt to achieve something
Synonyms:	address, aim, apply, aspire, assay, bid for, buck, determine, dig, do one's best, drive at, essay, go for broke, go for, grind, hammer away, hassle, have a crack, have a shot at, have a swing at, hump, hustle, intend, labor, make a run at, make an effort, offer, peg away, plug, pour it on, purpose, push, risk, scratch, seek, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, take on, take pains, try, undertake, venture
Antonyms:	be idle, ignore, laze, procrastinate, put off

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Main Entry:	fight
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	oppose action, belief
Synonyms:	argue, bicker, buck, buckle down, carry on, combat, conduct, contest, continue, defy, dispute, effect, endure, fall out, force, further, hassle, lay into, maintain, oppose, persevere, persist, prosecute, repel, resist, row, squabble, strive, struggle, support, take on, travail, traverse, uphold, wage, withstand, wrangle, engage in, exert oneself, hammer away, light into, make a stand against, push forward, put up an argument, spare no effort, stand up to, take pains, tangle with, toil on
Antonyms:	agree, believe, support, uphold

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Main Entry:	flurry
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	agitate, confuse
Synonyms:	bewilder, bother, bustle, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, fluster, flutter, frustrate, fuss, galvanize, hassle, hurry, hustle, perplex, perturb, provoke, quicken, rattle, ruffle, stimulate, unhinge, unsettle, upset, discombobulate
Antonyms:	calm, comfort, quiet

Main Entry:	fluster
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	upset, perturb
Synonyms:	agitate, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, craze, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, flip, flurry, frustrate, hassle, heat, hurry, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, spook, unhinge, work up, addle, discombobulate, fuddle, get to, make nervous, make waves, psych, stir up, throw off balance
Antonyms:	calm, comfort, settle

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Main Entry:	harass
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	badger
Synonyms:	annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug, bullyrag, burn, despoil, devil, distress, disturb, eat, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry
Antonyms:	aid, assist, facilitate, help, support

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Main Entry:	harry
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	pester, annoy
Synonyms:	attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, devastate, disturb, fret, gnaw, harass, hassle, irk, irritate, molest, persecute, perturb, pillage, plague, plunder, ravage, sack, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry, chivy, depredate, lay waste
Antonyms:	aid, assist, help, support

Main Entry:	hound
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	chase, badger
Synonyms:	annoy, bait, be at, be on one's back, be on one's case, be on one's tail, beat the bushes, bird-dog, bother, bug, chivy, curdle, dog, drive, give chase, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hunt, hunt down, impel, leave no stone unturned, persecute, pester, prod, provoke, pursue, rag on, rag*, ride, scout, scratch, scratch around, search high heaven, tail, take out after, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down, yap at
Antonyms:	leave alone

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Main Entry:	pester
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bother, harass
Synonyms:	annoy, badger, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bug, disturb, dog, drive crazy, drive up the wall, fret, get at, get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get to, harry, hassle, hector, hound, importune, insist, irk, mess with, nag, nudge, pick at, plague, provoke, remind, ride*, tantalize, tease, torment, work on, worry
Antonyms:	delight, make happy, please

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Main Entry:	plague
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	annoy, disturb
Synonyms:	afflict, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chafe, fret, gall, gnaw, harass, harry, hassle, haunt, hector, hound, infest, irk, molest, pain, persecute, pester, pursue, ride, tease, torment, torture, trouble, vex, worry
Antonyms:	aid, assist, help, please

Main Entry:	quarrel
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disagree
Synonyms:	argue, battle, 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, hassle, lock horns*, row, scrap, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle, altercate, be at loggerheads, find fault, get tough with, have it out, have words, mix it up, object to, set to, take exception
Antonyms:	agree, make peace

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Main Entry:	quibble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disagree over minor issues
Synonyms:	avoid, bicker, blow hot and cold, carp, cavil, criticize, dispute, equivocate, evade, fence, flip-flop, hassle, hem and haw, pretend, prevaricate, shift, spar, split hairs*, squabble, waffle, wrangle, altercate, argue over, argufy, catch at straws, chicane, have at it, hypercriticize, make a big thing about, nit-pick, paralogize, pettifog, put up an argument, set to, talk back
Antonyms:	agree, approve, concur

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Main Entry:	squabble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	argue
Synonyms:	bicker, brawl, clash, disagree, dispute, encounter, fall out, fight, hassle, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, tiff, wrangle, argufy, have words
Antonyms:	agree, concur