About The Word Altercation

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Altercation

Altercation Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Altercation?
[n] noisy quarrel
Synonyms | Synonyms for Altercation: affray | fracas Related Terms | Find terms related to Altercation: argument | bicker | bickering | blood feud | brawl | broil | cat-and-dog life | combat | conflict | contention | contentiousness | contest | contestation | controversy | cut and thrust | debate | disputation | dispute | donnybrook | donnybrook fair | embroilment | enmity | falling-out | feud | fight | fighting | fliting | fracas | fuss | hostility | imbroglio | Kilkenny cats | litigation | logomachy | open quarrel | paper war | polemic | quarrel | quarreling | quarrelsomeness | scrapping | sharp words | slanging match | snarl | spat | squabble | squabbling | strife | struggle | tiff | tussle | vendetta | war | war of words | warfare | words | wrangle | wrangling See Also | batrachomyomachia | dustup | quarrel | row | run-in | words | wrangle Altercation In Webster's Dictionary \Al`ter*ca"tion\ (?; 277), n. [F. altercation, fr.
L. altercatio.]
Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or
anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. ``Stormy
altercations.'' --Macaulay.
Syn: {Altercation}, {Dispute}, {Wrangle}.
Usage: The term dispute is in most cases, but not
necessarily, applied to a verbal contest; as, a
dispute on the lawfulness of war. An altercation is an
angry dispute between two parties, involving an
interchange of severe language. A wrangle is a
confused and noisy altercation.
Their whole life was little else than a
perpetual wrangling and altercation. --Hakewill.
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