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Main Entry:	wrangle
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fight, argument
Synonyms:	altercation, battle royal, blowup, brawl, brouhaha, clash, contest, controversy, disagreement, dispute, exchange, falling-out, flap, fracas, hassle, quarrel, row, ruckus, rumble, rumpus, scene, squabble, tiff, bickering, blow-off, brannigan, knock-down drag-out, ruction, set-to
Notes:	to wangle means to gain by trickery; to wrangle means to argue or debate something angrily
Antonyms:	agreement, peace

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Main Entry:	wrangle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fight, argue
Synonyms:	bicker, brawl, contend, cross swords, disagree, dispute, fall out, hassle, lock horns*, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, take on, tangle, tiff, altercate, bump heads, have at it, have words, pick a bone, put up a fight
Antonyms:	agree, give in

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Main Entry:	altercation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fight, often verbal
Synonyms:	argument, beef, blowup, bone of contention, brawl, brush, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap, fracas, fuss, go, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble, run-in, tiff, words, wrangle, bickering, set-to, squabbling
Antonyms:	agreement, concord, harmony, peace, union, unity

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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
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:	controvert
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	oppose, argue
Synonyms:	break, challenge, confound, confute, contest, contradict, counter, debate, deny, discuss, disprove, dispute, oppugn, question, rebut, refute, wrangle, disconfirm
Antonyms:	agree, forbear, harmonize, restrain, make peace

Main Entry:	debate
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	discussion of issues; consideration
Synonyms:	agitation, altercation, argument, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation, reflection, tiff, words, wrangle, argumentation, blah-blah, controverting, mooting, polemic, rebutting, refuting
Antonyms:	agreement

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:	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:	dissension
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	conflict of opinion
Synonyms:	altercation, argument, contention, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissent, dissidence, faction, flak*, friction, fuss, quarrel, scene, static, strife, trouble, variance, wrangle, bad vibes, bickering, clinker, disaccord, discordance, disunity, factionalism, sour note
Antonyms:	agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, confirmation, peace, ratification

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Main Entry:	dissent
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disagree
Synonyms:	argue, balk, break with, buck, contradict, decline, demur, differ, discord, divide, object, oppose, protest, refuse, shy, vary, wrangle, disaccord, fly in the face of, pettifog, put up a fight, put up an argument, say no way, say not a chance, say nothing doing, stickle
Antonyms:	agree, approve, assent, authorize, concur, consent, endorse, ratify, sanction

Main Entry:	fighting
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	battle, encounter
Synonyms:	argument, battle royal, beef, bloodshed, blowup, bout, brush, combat, conflict, contention, dispute, donnybrook, exchange, flap, fracas, free-for-all, go, hassle, hostility, joust, match, melee, mix, riot, roughhouse, row, rowdy, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scramble, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, spat, strife, struggle, tiff, war, warfare, words, wrangle, brannigan, brawling, hell broke loose, punch out, set-to
Antonyms:	peace, surrender, ceasefire

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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:	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