Tiff

//tɪf//

Synonyms for "tiff" (94 found)

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Closest matches (19)

bicker altercate altercation argument beef bickering blood feud brawl broil cast out

Noun(6 words)

tift dissonance .tif .tiff bicker bickering

Verb(3 words)

argue barney bicker

Strong matches (28)

caterwaul conflict contention controversy differ difference of opinion disagreement dispute donnybrook donnybrook fair dudgeon embroilment fall fall out falling-out ferment feud fight flite fliting

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fracas fret fume fuss have words

Noun(3 words)

dustup fuss getup

Related words (47)

high dudgeon huff imbroglio join issue logomachy miff misunderstanding open quarrel pet pique polemic quarrel rhubarb row run-in scrap set to sharp words slanging match snarl

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spar spat squabble stew strife tilt tussle vendetta words wrangle

Noun(8 words)

miff outfit palaver pettifoggery spat squabble tif whiff

Verb(9 words)

pettifog quarrel quibble row spat squabble tiffin tift wrangle

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

6 entries

dustup quarrel row run-in words wrangle

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

7 entries

lovers' tiff tiffing tiffish tiffle tiffy tift

etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

2 entries

british india computer graphics

is a

1 entries

computer graphic

related to

7 entries

argument deck out dress lunch petty quarrel tiffin

Translations

32 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

спречкване noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
спречквам се verb (to be involved in a (generally small) argument or disagreement — see also squabble)

Czech

4 entries

(drobná) hádka noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
rozepře noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
rozmíška noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
poškorpit se verb (to be involved in a (generally small) argument or disagreement — see also squabble)

Finnish

4 entries

hepuli noun (brief outburst or period of bad temper)
nahina noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
nahistelu noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
nahista verb (to be involved in a (generally small) argument or disagreement — see also squabble)

Hungarian

4 entries

mosolyszünet noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
perpatvar noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
összetűzés noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
összezördülés noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)

Italian

3 entries

baruffa noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
litigata noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
litigio noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)

Russian

4 entries

ра́спря noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
размо́лвка noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
ссо́ра noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
сты́чка noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

rázmirica noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
čȃrka noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
ра́змирица noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)
ча̑рка noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)

Spanish

1 entries

altercado noun ((generally small) argument or disagreement)

Sample sentences

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I expected him to come back. It was just a slight tiff.

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We had a little tiff.

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Mary had a tiff with her boyfriend.

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What if it was just a tiff between two friends?

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