Bickering
['bikəriŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bicker
(n.) A skirmishing.
(n.) Altercation; wrangling.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dispute, quarrel, wrangle, wrangling, jangle, jarring, jangling, sparring, altercation, dissension, contention, strife, war of words.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wrangling, disputing, contention, strife, altercation, dispute
ANT:Conversing, chatting, agreeing
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Examples
- It was inevitable that Mecca and Medina should be in a state of rivalry and bickering feud. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She sat upon the ground absorbed in wordless despair, when through the gusty wind and bickering rain she thought she heard her name called. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Such warfare as had gone on between Christianity and Islam had been rather border-bickering than sustained war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There's no quarrelling, bickering, slandthering, nor small talk amongst us. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The splendid opening of the story of Islam collapses suddenly into this squalid dispute and bickering of heirs and widows. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of various admirals I could tell you a great deal: of them and their flags, and the gradation of their pay, and their bickerings and jealousies. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It might lead to disagreeable bickerings between members of Congress of the East and those of the West in some of their debates. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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