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De - Pt| English Dictionary: altercation | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for altercation | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. [bd]Stormy altercations.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: {Altercation}, {Dispute}, {Wrangle}. Usage: The term dispute is in most cases, but not necessarily, applied to a verbal contest; as, a dispute on the lawfulness of war. An altercation is an angry dispute between two parties, involving an interchange of severe language. A wrangle is a confused and noisy altercation. Their whole life was little else than a perpetual wrangling and altercation. --Hakewill. | |
