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Main Entry:	squabble
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	argument
Synonyms:	altercation, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, feud, fight, flap, fuss, hassle, quarrel, row, scene, scrap, spat, tiff, words, wrangle, bickering, set-to
Antonyms:	agreement, concurrence

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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

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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:	brawl
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	nasty fight
Synonyms:	affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal, broil, clash, disorder, dispute, donnybrook, feud, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, fuss, hassle, melee, quarrel, rhubarb, riot, row, ruckus, rumble*, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, squabble, tumult, uproar, wrangle, bickering, duke out
Antonyms:	peace, truce

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Main Entry:	brawl
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fight nastily
Synonyms:	argue, battle, bicker, buck, caterwaul, dispute, quarrel, raise Cain, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scrap, scuffle, spat, squabble, tussle, wrangle, wrestle, altercate, kick up a row
Antonyms:	make peace

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Main Entry:	controversy
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	debate, dispute
Synonyms:	altercation, argument, beef, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, embroilment, falling-out, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff*, words, wrangle, bickering, dissention, polemic, wrangling
Antonyms:	accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet

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Main Entry:	dispute
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	argument
Synonyms:	altercation, beef, bone of contention, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fireworks, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, rumpus*, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle, bickering, polemic
Antonyms:	agreement

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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:	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, snarl, spat, squabble, strife, tiff, sharp words

Main Entry:	feud
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	major argument; estrangement
Synonyms:	altercation, bad blood, broil, combat, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, enmity, faction, fight, fracas, grudge, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, row, run-in*, squabble, strife, vendetta, bickering, falling out
Antonyms:	agreement, friendship, comradeship

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Main Entry:	feud
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fight bitterly; fall out
Synonyms:	bicker, brawl, clash, contend, dispute, duel, quarrel, row, squabble, war, be at daggers with, be at odds
Antonyms:	agree, socialize, make peace

Main Entry:	fracas
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	disturbance, fight
Synonyms:	affray, altercation, battle, battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha, dispute, donnybrook, feud, flap, fray, free-for-all, hassle, melee, mix up, quarrel, riot, row, ruffle, rumpus, run-in, scrimmage, scuffle, squabble, stew, trouble, tumult, uproar, words, bickering, knock-down-drag-out, ruction, set-to*
Antonyms:	calm, harmony, peace

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Main Entry:	fuss
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	disturbance, trouble
Synonyms:	ado, agitation, altercation, argument, bother, broil, bustle, commotion, complaint, confusion, controversy, difficulty, display, dispute, excitement, falling-out, fight, flap, flurry, flutter, fret, furor, hassle, objection, palaver, perturbation, quarrel, row, ruckus, scene, squabble, stew, stink, stir, storm, to-do*, turmoil, unrest, upset, worry, bickering, kick-up, wingding
Antonyms:	calm, peace

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Main Entry:	haggle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bicker, quarrel
Synonyms:	argue, bargain, barter, cavil, deal, dicker, dispute, palter, quibble, squabble, wrangle, beat down, chaffer, hammer out a deal, horse-trade, make a deal
Antonyms:	agree, comply, concur

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Main Entry:	hassle
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	problem, fight
Synonyms:	altercation, argument, bother, clamor, commotion, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, inconvenience, quarrel, row, run-in*, squabble, struggle, trial, trouble, try, tumult, turmoil, tussle, uproar, upset, whirl, wrangle, bickering
Antonyms:	agreement, peace

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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:	imbroglio
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	misunderstanding; fight
Synonyms:	altercation, argument, brawl, broil, brouhaha, complexity, complication, dispute, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, falling-out, involvement, miff, quandary, quarrel, row, run-in, soap opera, spat, squabble, bickering, flack, knock-down-drag-out
Antonyms:	agreement, peacemaking

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Main Entry:	quarrel
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	disagreement
Synonyms:	affray, altercation, argument, battle royal, beef, brawl, breach, broil, combat, commotion, complaint, contention, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disapproval, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disturbance, dust, falling-out, feud, fight, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, fuss, hassle, misunderstanding, objection, rhubarb, row, ruckus, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, strife, struggle, tiff, tumult, vendetta, wrangle, bickering, brannigan, catfight, set-to
Antonyms:	agreement, peace

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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