wrangle
An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercationAn angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
Meaning
4 senses(countable)An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
an angry dispute
(uncountable)Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.
Wrangle and bloodshed followed thence.
Rangelei, Streit
перебра́нкаperebránka, спорspor, ссо́раssóra
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A contentious argument or response.
an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A controversy.
Examples
4 sentencesThey were wrangling.
Вони сперечалися. — deniko
This contract dispute turned into a legal wrangle.
We are involved in a legal wrangle over payments.
The two scholars wrangled over the meaning of an obscure Tibetan phrase.
Translations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English wranglen, wrangle (“to contend with (someone) in aThe verb is derived from Middle English wranglen, wrangle (“to contend with (someone) in a test of strength; (figuratively) to make misleading arguments to entrap”); from a Middle Dutch or Middle Low German word related to Middle Dutch wrangen and Middle Low German wrangen (“to cause an uproar; to struggle, wrestle”) (whence Low German wrangeln (“to wrangle”)), related to Middle Dutch wringen (“to twist; to wrest; to wring; to struggle, wrestle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze; to twist; to wring”).
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Forms
plural: wranglesSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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