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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