Bickering

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Petty quarreling.

    "1820, in Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, By William Coxe, Ch.40 heading. Meeting of Parliament. — Choice of a whig Speaker. — Speech from the throne. — Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings."

  2. 2
    a quarrel about petty points wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bicker form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That bickers; argumentative.

Synonyms

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bickerfeudaflickeraggressiveaggressivenessaltercation

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"When two people are forced into a marriage of convenience, they will be an unhappy, bickering couple until the very end."

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