Synonyms for Bickering

Synonyms for "bickering" (187 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Noun(6 words)

squabble altercation argue bickerchronic quarrelingcontentious

aflicker aggressive aggressiveness altercation apologetics apologia apology argument argumentation beef bellicose bellicosity belligerence belligerent bicker blinking boggling brawl captious captiousness

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casuistrycat-and-dog lifecaviling chicane chicanery choplogic combat combative combativeness conflict contention contentiousness

Strong matches (56)

contest contestation controversycut and thrustdancing debate defense difficulty disputation disputatious dispute dissension dissent dissidence divisive dodging dust embroilment enmity equivocation

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Noun(6 words)

dickering disputatious dispute factional fusshabitual squabbling

Related words (93)

irascibility irascible irritability irritablekilkenny catsknock-down-and-drag-outlambent litigation litigious litigiousnesslogic choppinglogic-chopping logomachynit pickingnit-picking palteringpaper warparrying partisanpartisan spirit

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Noun(17 words)

jangling nagging nitpick pettifoggerypetty disputequarrel quarrelling quarrelsomerecurrent disputespar spat spatting squabbles tiff tiffingverbal squabblewrangling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

15 entries

argue argumentbehavioral traitconflict dispute dustupgroup dynamicintergroup conflictinterpersonal characteristicinterpersonal conflictquarrel row run-in words wrangle

More specific

14 entries

departmental bickeringfactional disputesnagging disputesnitpickpetty quarrelpetty squabblesquibblerecurrent quarrelsroutine squabblingspar spat squabbleverbal altercationverbal squabble

Collocations

14 entries

bickering colleaguesbickering couplebickering factionsbickering toneconstant bickeringfamily bickeringhabitual squabblinginterpersonal conflictoffice bickeringpetty bickeringpetty disputepolitical bickeringteam bickeringverbal squabble

Inflections

5 entries

bickered bickerings bickersmore bickeringmost bickering

Derivations

4 entries

bicker bickerer bickeriness bickeringly

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (561585)

All this bickering is starting to fray my nerves.

Source: tatoeba (567830)

I'm sick and tired of all this bickering.

Source: tatoeba (953847)

We had a 'come to Jesus' meeting at the office over the bickering and fighting.

Source: tatoeba (1492821)

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