Altercation
[ɒltə'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɔltɚ'keʃən]
Definition
(n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dispute, controversy, contention, strife, difference, jangling, jangle, jarring, rupture, quarrel, sparring, bickering, wrangle, wrangling, dissension, war of words.
Editor: Xenia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dispute, wrangle, contentious, quarrel, dissension, commotion, variance,disturbance, affray, controversy, brawl
ANT:Unanimity, concord, compromise, agreement, reconciliation, consonance,conversation, harmony
Typist: Vern
Examples
- A lively altercation between us (in which Percival, previously instructed by me, refused to interfere) served the purpose in view. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This was another common procedure on the part of the ladies of the Hole, when heated by verbal or fistic altercation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And he did not want this altercation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The stately lady, Mrs Wilfer, perceiving her opportunity of delivering a few remarks from the throne, here took up the altercation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The cyclist, having heard the voices raised in altercation, glanced curiously at the man, and the woman, and at the standing motor-car as he passed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Just as the operator was bringing it across the shop unloaded, he saw two laborers ahead of him in altercation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Besides, there had been no altercation; the assailant had come in so silently and suddenly, that she had been felled before she could look round. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- By this time Mr. and Mrs. Chadband and Mrs. Snagsby, hearing the altercation, have appeared upon the stairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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