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noun
- 1. a noisy argument or disagreement, especially in public: "I had an altercation with the ticket collector"
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The meaning of ALTERCATION is a noisy, heated, angry dispute; also : noisy controversy. How to use altercation in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Altercation.
a loud argument or disagreement: According to witnesses, the altercation between the two men started inside the restaurant. Synonyms. affray specialized. fracas. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Arguments & disagreements. argument. argy-bargy. be (on) non-speakers idiom. belligerence. bickering. blow (someone/something) up. bust up.
a loud argument or disagreement: According to witnesses, the altercation between the two men started inside the restaurant. Synonyms. affray specialized. fracas. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Arguments & disagreements. argument. argy-bargy. be (on) non-speakers idiom. belligerence. bickering. blow (someone/something) up. bust up.
Altercation definition: a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.. See examples of ALTERCATION used in a sentence.
noun. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. Informal: hassle, rhubarb, tangle.
An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement. [formal] I had a slight altercation with some people who objected to our filming. [ + with] [Also + between] Synonyms: argument, row, clash, disagreement More Synonyms of altercation. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Someone who gets a black eye fighting for a parking spot might — after cooling down — describe the incident as an altercation rather than as a knock-down, drag-out brawl.
altercation. noun. /ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn/. /ˌɔːltərˈkeɪʃn/. [countable, uncountable] (formal) a noisy argument or disagreement. A youth became involved in an altercation with a police officer over a parking ticket. Topics Opinion and argument c2. Word Origin.
A complete guide to the word "ALTERCATION": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. Wiktionary. Synonyms: spat. controversy. fight. dispute. squabble. strife. scrap. rift. melee. brawl. row. wrangle. tiff. run-in. quarrel. Antonyms: unity.
