Synonyms for wrangle
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : rang-guhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræŋ gəl |
Top 10 synonyms for wrangle Other synonyms for the word wrangle
- altercate
- battle royal
- blow-off
- blowup
- brannigan
- bump heads
- clash
- contend
- contest
- controversy
- cross swords
- dispute
- exchange
- fall out
- hassle
- have at it
- have words
- knock-down drag-out
- lock horns
- pick a bone
- put up a fight
- quarrel
- quibble
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumble
- rumpus
- scene
- scrap
- set-to
- spat
- squabble
- take on
- tangle
- tiff
Définition of wrangle
Origin :- late 14c., from Low German wrangeln "to dispute, to wrestle," related to Middle Low German wringen, from Proto-Germanic *wrang-, from PIE *wrengh-, nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn" (see wring). Related: Wrangled; wrangling. The noun is recorded from 1540s.
- noun fight, argument
- verb fight, argue
- Suppose she has to pay excess on her luggage, or to wrangle about contraband?
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- For this Testament do both creeds revere that wrangle over the later.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- Then there was a wrangle among them; some said there was something in the vat, and others said no.
- Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
- The wrangle with Winnie over this continued throughout the meal.
- Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
- Yes, that's what wears on me—they wrangle about me as if I had no right to say what part I am to take.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
- It is but a gardener's wrangle—how best to guard roses from slugs.
- Extract from : « The God of Love » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
- But we can only conjecture dimly, and leave the controversialists to wrangle.
- Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon
- "Let us get to business," cried the priest, anxious to terminate the wrangle.
- Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin
- He is no base grater of his tythes, and will not wrangle for the odd egg.
- Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle
- You don't surely mean to say that you want to go and wrangle with Lalage?
- Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham
Antonyms for wrangle
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