BICKERED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

bickered

verb

past tense of bicker

as in quarreled

to express different opinions about something often angrily if you two don't stop bickering about where to go to eat, we're not going out at all!

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Recent Examples of bickered King bickered with fans on social media. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026 But Tilly and Gershon playfully bickered onstage as the former remembered things slightly differently, with Tilly saying the problem had more to do with a shot of her hand on Gershon's crotch that was deemed too realistic. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 8 June 2026 The video went viral, and the two eventually bickered about it on social media later Sunday night. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 The pair have famously bickered over the past 20 years. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026 Pointing to elk heads mounted on the wall, the two jokingly bickered over who had bowhunted which. — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026 Jokic and Oklahoma City’s players had bothered each other and bickered all night. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026 The actors jokingly bickered about their history with the ceremony, with Cheadle remarking that Clooney hadn’t won since 2026 winner Timothée Chalamet was 3 years old. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Jan. 2026 On 33 occasions since 2017, Congress has been forced to pass emergency extensions to the flood insurance program, as lawmakers bickered over budgets and looming shutdowns threatened to disrupt it, according to a letter the National Association of Realtors sent to Congress ahead of the shutdown. — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

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In Krisevich’s case, Konovalova repeatedly quarreled with the artist and his wife until the couple ultimately escaped Russia in December 2025.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
During his time in the Senate, Brattin was previously a member of the Conservative Caucus, which later rebranded as the Missouri Freedom Caucus, a group of hard-charging lawmakers that frequently quarreled with GOP leadership.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026

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The nationalist AfD’s landslide victory in a German state on Sunday could portend a far-right surge across Europe, analysts argued.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
The four plaintiffs argued that the city failed to take steps to prevent further lead from entering the water supply and gave residents false assurance that the water was safe.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

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The latest reminder came 42 minutes into Thursday’s hearing in a Louisiana district court in which more than 30 athletes fought to be included within the NCAA rule change that effectively gave every athlete five years to play five seasons.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In an address late Thursday, Milei reasserted Argentina’s claim to the islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, which the United Kingdom has controlled since 1833 and over which the two countries fought a war in the early 1980s.

— Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of fought

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Kansas, meanwhile, has spent this rivalry week leaning into the history of the Jayhawk name, referencing the group of anti-slavery militant groups that clashed with pro-slavery groups in Missouri in the 1850s.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The two men repeatedly clashed in a number of primary debates and forums.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of clashed

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The city and a group of taxpayers for years squabbled in court over whether the government had the right to enter into a contract with the Friends, which ultimately disbanded before the zoo opened in Griffith Park in 1966.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
The countries have also squabbled over Pretoria’s affirmative action policies and a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 18 June 2026

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