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Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle..

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention..

Logomachy :: Logomachy (n.) Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words..

Bateful :: Bateful (a.) Exciting contention; contentious.

Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.

Snarl :: Snarl (n.) The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.

Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..

Firebrand :: Firebrand (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary..

Chest :: Chest (n.) Strife; contention; controversy.

Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

Colluctation :: Colluctation (n.) A struggling; a contention.

Incendious :: Incendious (a.) Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.

Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.

Brawl :: Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl..

Emulation :: Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

Bickerment :: Bickerment (n.) Contention.

Debatable :: Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question..

Word :: Word (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.

Contention :: Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..

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