| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Informal. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, 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. See CONFLICT. 2. Something that is intricately and often bewilderingly complex: cat's cradle, entanglement, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mesh (often used in plural), morass, skein, snarl2, web. See SIMPLE. | | VERB: | 1. Informal. To engage in a quarrel: argue, bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle. Informal : hassle. Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns. See CONFLICT. 2. To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping: catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, snare, trammel, trap, web. See FREE. 3. To make complex, intricate, or perplexing: complicate, embarrass, entangle, involve, perplex, ravel, snarl2. See SIMPLE. 4. To twist together so that separation is difficult: ensnarl, entangle, foul, snarl2. See ORDER.
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