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argufying

verb

present participle of argufy
as in bickering
to express different opinions about something often angrily tedious departmental meetings at which staffers would argufy endlessly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for argufying
  1. bickering
  2. arguing
  3. fighting
  4. quarreling
  5. clashing
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  • Like law enforcement agents everywhere, they’re disposed to bickering about jurisdiction or pumping each other for off-limits information.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • There’s striker Josie Gordon, bickering twin sisters Siobhan and Niamh, glove-shunning goalie Katie ‘Boots’ Quinn and couple Maddie and Margy.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of bickering
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  • Joshua Holian, an antitrust lawyer representing Paramount, sided with Blizzard by arguing that the consent decree validated Paramount’s commitment to healthy competition in Hollywood.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
  • His lawyers are asking the judge to dismiss five of the charges against him, arguing that prosecutors have substantially rewritten those counts after the five-year statute of limitations expired.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of arguing
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  • The two men began fighting and both pulled out handguns and opened fire, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Wicky said his halftime message was to be brave and keep fighting.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of fighting
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  • But for Benjamin Franklin, the Haudenosaunee’s federal governing model was a perfect solution for how to get quarreling colonies to work together.
    — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In another clip, a student records himself quarreling with a teacher asking him to take out his notes.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of quarreling
Verb
  • The other has brought together clashing frontier lab leaders Dario Amodei of Anthropic, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk, along with a chorus of AI researchers.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Ground fighting intensified at the beginning of September, with troops clashing on multiple fronts.
    — Guy Davies, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of clashing
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“Argufying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/argufying. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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