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

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

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

Embroil :: Embroil (v. t.) To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

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

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

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

Outcast :: Outcast (n.) A quarrel; a contention.

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

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

Debatefully :: Debatefully (adv.) With contention.

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

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

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

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

Bickerment :: Bickerment (n.) Contention.

Polemy :: Polemy (n.) Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition..

Contention :: Contention (n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.

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

Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress..

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