wrangle
To argue noisily for a long time.
wrangle in a sentence
- The twins wrangled over whose turn it was on the games console until Mum took it away.
- The pirates began to wrangle over how to share the treasure, shouting until the parrot squawked.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to wrangle?
- Asettle
- Bargue
- Ccooperate
- Dagree
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B: argue. The other three mean the opposite of wrangle.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to wrangle?
- Aquarrel
- Bagree
- Cbicker
- Dargue
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B: agree. The other three mean nearly the same as wrangle.
Words that mean something similar
argue, quarrel, bicker
Words that mean the opposite
agree, settle, cooperate
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- bicker: To argue about small, silly things.
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