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

Altercation :: Altercation (n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.

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

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

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..

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

Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.

Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes..

Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth..

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

Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..

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

Contek :: Contek (n.) Quarrel; contention; contest.

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

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

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

Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

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

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