altercation

altercation
n перебранка, препирательство; ссора; размолвка

domestic altercation — семейная ссора

Синонимический ряд:
quarrel (noun) argument; beef; bickering; brabble; brannigan; brawl; clash; confrontation; contention; controversy; debate; difficulty; disagreement; dispute; dust; dustup; embroilment; falling-out; feud; fight; fracas; fray; fuss; hassle; imbroglio; knock-down-and-drag-out; miff; quarrel; rhubarb; row; ruckus; run-in; scuffle; set-to; spat; squabble; squall; tiff; tussle; unpleasantness; words; wrangle; wrangling
Антонимический ряд:
agreement

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Смотреть что такое "altercation" в других словарях:

  • altercation — [ altɛrkasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XVIe; « débat, désaccord » 1289; lat. altercatio ♦ Échange bref et brutal de propos vifs, de répliques désobligeantes. ⇒ dispute, empoignade (cf. Prise de bec). « Les conférences diplomatiques n avaient conduit qu à des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • altercation — I noun affray, altercatio, angry dispute, argument, bickering, broil, commotion, conflict, contestation, controversy, disaccord, disputation, dispute, disturbance, feud, fight, fracas, heated debate, iurgium, jangle, jangling, melee, noisy… …   Law dictionary

  • altercation — ALTERCATION. s. f. Débat, contention, contestation entre deux ou plusieurs personnes. Il s éleva une grande altercation entre eux …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • altercation — Altercation. s. f. Signifie la mesme chose, & il est un peu plus usité. Il s esmeut une grande altercation entre eux …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Altercation — (v. lat.), 1) Debatte in den Gerichten; 2) Hader, Zwist …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • altercation — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. altercacion (12c.) and directly from L. altercationem (nom. altercatio) a dispute, debate, discussion, noun of action from pp. stem of altercari to dispute (with another), from alter other (see ALTER (Cf. alter)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • altercation — *quarrel, wrangle, squabble, bickering, spat, tiff Analogous words: fight, conflict, combat, *contest: *discord, dissension, contention, difference, variance, strife: controversy, dispute, *argument Antonyms: concurrence: accord Contrasted words …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • altercation — [n] fight, often verbal argument, beef*, bickering, blowup*, bone of contention*, brawl*, brush*, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap*, fracas*, fuss, go*, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble*, run in*, set to*, squabbling, tiff*,… …   New thesaurus

  • altercation — Altercation, Altercatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • altercation — ► NOUN ▪ a noisy argument or disagreement. ORIGIN Latin, from altercari to wrangle …   English terms dictionary


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