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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
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.
Their whole life was little else than a
perpetual wrangling and altercation. --Hakewill.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
altercation
n : noisy quarrel [syn: affray, fracas]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
altercation
Γαλλικά n.
ο διαπληκτισμός, η αντέγκληση, η λογομαχία
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
altercation
n.
Heated or angry dispute
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
altercation
n.
Heated or angry dispute
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
altercation
n.
Heated or angry dispute
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
altercation
n.
Heated or angry dispute
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
altercation
Ranska n.
keskustelu, kiistely
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
altercation
Engelska n.
gräl
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Altercation /ˌɒltəkˈeɪʃən/
المشاجرة
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
altercation //ɑl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən// //ɔl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən//
спор
dispute
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
altercation /ˌɒltəkˈeɪʃən/
hádka
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
altercation /ˌɒltəkˈeɪʃən/
lautstarke Auseinandersetzung , lautstarke Meinungsverschiedenheit [soc.]
Note: zwischen jdm.
Note: bes. in der Öffentlichkeit
"An altercation occurred between staff and customers." - Es kam zu einer lautstarken Auseinandersetzung zwischen Personal und Kunden.
see: altercations
Note: between sb.
Note: esp. in public
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
altercation /ˌɒltəkˈeɪʃən/
λογομαχία
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
altercation //ɑl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən// //ɔl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən//
jupakka, kiista, riita, sanasota, tappelu
dispute
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
altercation /ˌɒltəkˈeɪʃən/
1. कहासुनी
"Altercations between Neena and Tina are quite common."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
altercation /ˌɒltəkˈeɪʃən/
prepirka, svađa
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
altercation /ˌɒltəkˈeɪʃən/
1. veszekedés
2. pörlekedés
3. civakodás
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
altercation /ˌɔ:ltəˈkeɪʃən/
zwada
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
altercation //ɑl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən// //ɔl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən//
gräl, ordväxling
dispute
From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-deu ]
altercation /al.tɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/
heftige Auseinandersetzung
From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-pol ]
altercation /al.tɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/
awantura
From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-spa ]
altercation /al.tɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/
altercación
From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-swe ]
altercation /al.tɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/
ordväxling, tvist
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˌɑɫtɝˈkeɪʃən/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
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
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 争论,口角;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 争论,口角
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