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Present participle for argue about petty and trivial matters

Present participle for dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something

Present participle for move with or make a pitter-patter sound

Present participle for to vociferously express dissatisfaction or resentment

Present participle for to make a rapid succession of sounds by knocking or colliding repeatedly against something

Present participle for argue against

A noisy quarrel, especially over something trivial

Conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions

The act of recriminating

An unwillingness to settle for anything less than the best

A complaint or grievance

Fond of, or prone to, quarreling

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Verb

Present participle for argue about petty and trivial matters

having a disagreement

crossing swords

having a barney

nastily arguing

trading zingers

causing a scene

fighting like cat and dog

going at it hammer and tongs

failing to agree

having a misunderstanding

taking exception

locking antlers

engaging in conflict

having a dispute

putting up an argument

having a dust-up

having an argument

having an altercation

exchanging views

coming to blows

protesting against

kicking up a row

getting into conflict

having shouting match

having a difference of opinion

getting into a dispute

making a big thing about

calling on the carpet

cutting and thrusting

verbally fighting

knocking around

picking an argument

jumping on one's case

going one on one

putting up a fight

putting up a struggle

having at each other

getting in one's face

jumping on each other

getting tough with

taking issue with

going for the jugular

letting someone have it

ripping into each other

contradicting each other

entering the lists

breaking a lance

exchanging blows with

coming to blows with

doing battle with

struggling with

having discussions

chewing the fat

exchanging blows

engaging in hostilities

coming into conflict

having a punch-up

campaigning against

engaging in combat

carrying on hostilities

mounting an attack

trading punches

differing in opinion

having a different opinion

going up against

raising your fists

starting fighting

going for each other

slugging it out

coming up against

becoming involved

taking the field

taking the field against

skirmishing with

marching against

conducting a war

having a set-to

going the knuckle

fighting like Kilkenny cats

fighting nastily

saying nothing doing

expressing disagreement with

failing to agree with

withholding assent

refusing to support

declining to support

expressing objection

expressing disagreement

flying in the face of

disagreeing with

saying not a chance

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“I've counseled both of them separately, but it hasn't seemed to have done much good, as the two of them continue to bicker over things that would normally be shrugged off.”

Verb

Present participle for dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something

Verb

Present participle for move with or make a pitter-patter sound

Verb

Present participle for to vociferously express dissatisfaction or resentment

Verb

Present participle for to make a rapid succession of sounds by knocking or colliding repeatedly against something

Verb

Present participle for argue against

Noun

A noisy quarrel, especially over something trivial

misunderstanding

difference of opinion

passage at arms

passage of arms

bit of argy-bargy

acrimonious exchange

bone of contention

verbal sparring

contentiousness

cause célèbre

rough-and-tumble

knock down and drag out

exchange of views

knock-down-drag-out

heated discussion

knock-down drag-out

conflict of interest

irreconcilable difference

grounds for war

point in question

apple of discord

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Noun

Conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions

incompatibility

difference of opinion

internal strife

inharmoniousness

misunderstanding

lack of agreement

conflict of opinion

lack of concord

internal conflict

divided loyalties

quarrelsomeness

palace intrigue

palace politics

insubordination

bone of contention

dissatisfaction

green-eyed monsters

acrimoniousness

discontentments

extreme dislike

uncharitableness

cantankerousness

mischievousnesses

bones of contention

misunderstandings

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Noun

The act of recriminating

Noun

An unwillingness to settle for anything less than the best

Noun

A complaint or grievance

dissatisfaction

moans and groans

minor criticism

trivial objection

trivial complaint

adverse comment

howls of protest

formal complaint

counter-argument

taking exception

statement of opposition

chorus of disapproval

howl of protest

bone of contention

civil disobedience

argument against

difficulty with

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Adjective

Disagreeing

in disagreement

mutually exclusive

incompatible with

in conflict with

at variance with

conflicting with

mutually incompatible

unacceptable to

antagonistic to

diametrically opposed

unfavourable^UK

whale of difference

disproportionate

inconsistent with

contradictory to

not good enough

out of character

not up to scratch

not good enough for

inappropriate to

not designed for

self-contradictory

not in keeping with

not in harmony with

discrepant with

discordant with

inconsonant with

irreconcilable with

not in accord with

out of step with

diametrically opposed to

incongruous with

antithetical to

out of place with

in disagreement with

out of keeping with

disagreeing with

in opposition to

disconsonant with

standing out a mile

sticking out a mile

like a fish out of water

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Adjective

Fond of, or prone to, quarreling

confrontational

ready for a fight

have chip on shoulder

having a chip on one's shoulder

ill-humoured^UK

spoiling for a fight

like a bear with a sore head

have a bone to pick

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

looking for trouble

rubbing the wrong way

itching to fight

passive-aggressive

insurrectionary

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

easily offended

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