All altercate synonyms
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A a verb altercate
- argue β If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- argue β If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- argue β If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- review β a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- confer β When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
- take up β the act of taking.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- contradict β If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- discuss β to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- doubt β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- protect β to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- resist β to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- tangle β to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- carp β A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
- complain β to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- waffle β waffling language.
- contend β If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
- squabble β to engage in a petty quarrel.
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- quibble β an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- dispute β to engage in argument or debate.
- quarrel β a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
- spar β (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
- tussle β to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
- scuffle β to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- defend β If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
- compete β If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.
- vie β to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- consider β If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- contest β A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
- deliberate β If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- answer β When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- clash β When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- dissent β to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
- object β anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- haggle β to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner: They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.
- discord β lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
- disaccord β to be out of accord; disagree.
- debate β A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
- rip β to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
- skirmish β Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
- war β a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.