ALTERCATION

affray, altercation, fracas

(noun) noisy quarrel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

altercation (countable and uncountable, plural altercations)

Heated or angry dispute

Synonyms

• dispute, wrangle

Anagrams

• relactation

Source: Wiktionary

Al`ter*ca"tion, n. Etym: [F. altercation, fr. L. altercatio.]

Definition: Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. "Stormy altercations." Macaulay.

Syn.

– Altercation, Dispute, Wrangle. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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