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altercation 音標拼音: [ ,ɑltɚk'eʃən] n. 爭論,口角 爭論,口角 altercation n 1: noisy quarrel [ synonym: { affray}, { altercation}, { fracas}] Altercation \ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Their whole life was little else than a perpetual wrangling and altercation. -- Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster] 58 Moby Thesaurus words for " altercation": Kilkenny cats, 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, 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
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