Wrangle
Definitions
- An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
- Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.
- A contentious argument or response.
- A controversy.
Equivalents
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Examples
“For in that you would your awardship shuld take⟳ none effect, you shew your selfe nothing inclinable to the redresse of your brothers vnright dealinge wyth an honeste poore man, which hath bene redye at your request⟳ to doo you pleasure with his things, or els he had neuer come⟳ into this wrāgle for his own⟳ goods with your brother.”
“This vvould of Neceſſity, breed⟳ an infinite Number⟳ of Brangles and litigious Suits in the Spiritual Courts, and put⟳ the vvretched Paſtor at perpetual Variance vvith his vvhole Pariſh.”
“For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope⟳, a moment they thought would never come⟳. And there are many of course who feel⟳ a sense⟳ of anxiety and loss. And then of course there is a third group – perhaps the biggest – who had started to worry⟳ that the whole political wrangle would never come⟳ to an end⟳. I understand⟳ all those feelings and our job as the government – my job – is to bring⟳ this country together now and take⟳ us forward⟳.”
“Wrangle and bloodshed followed thence.”
“From this dialogue the assembly fell to wrangle, and broke up quarrelling.”
“None can hate⟳ / So much as I any kind of wrangle; / And yet, such is my folly, or my fate, / I always knock⟳ my head against some angle / About the present⟳, past, or future state: […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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