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

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

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger..

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

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

Brigue :: Brigue (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel..

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

Makebate :: Makebate (n.) One who excites contentions and quarrels.

Bellicose :: Bellicose (a.) Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

Concertation :: Concertation (n.) Strife; contention.

Strived :: Strive (n.) Strife; contention.

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute..

Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..

Feud :: Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed..

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

Agonism :: Agonism (n.) Contention for a prize; a contest.

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

Broil :: Broil (n.) A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state..

Bate :: Bate (n.) Strife; contention.

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

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