wrangle
noun
[ ˈraŋɡ(ə)l ]
• a dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated.
• "an insurance wrangle is holding up compensation payments"
Similar:
argument,
dispute,
disagreement,
quarrel,
row,
fight,
squabble,
difference of opinion,
altercation,
angry exchange,
war of words,
shouting match,
tiff,
tussle,
brouhaha,
fracas,
rumpus,
brawl,
clash,
scuffle,
battle,
war,
feud,
controversy,
uproar,
donnybrook,
falling-out,
set-to,
run-in,
shindig,
shindy,
dust-up,
punch-up,
scrap,
spat,
free-for-all,
argy-bargy,
ruckus,
fisticuffs,
ruction,
barney,
bunfight,
ding-dong,
bust-up,
ruck,
slanging match,
afters,
rammy,
rhubarb,
broil,
miff,
wrangle
verb
• have a long, complicated dispute or argument.
• "the bureaucrats continue wrangling over the fine print"
Similar:
argue,
quarrel,
row,
have a row,
bicker,
squabble,
have words,
debate,
disagree,
have a disagreement,
have an altercation,
be at odds,
bandy words,
contend,
fight,
have a fight,
war,
battle,
feud,
clash,
grapple,
brawl,
spar,
wrestle,
tilt,
come to blows,
cross swords,
lock horns,
be at each other's throats,
be at loggerheads,
fall out,
scrap,
go at it hammer and tongs,
fight like cat and dog,
altercate,
chop logic,
threap,
• round up, herd, or take charge of (livestock).
• "the horses were wrangled early"
Origin:
late Middle English: compare with Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen ‘to struggle’; related to wring.
