BRABBLED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

brabbled

verb

past tense of brabble

as in bickered

to express different opinions about something often angrily bored children brabbling in the back seat

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The two of them together, just 17 months apart, shared playlists, bickered over where to stop during Apple CarPlay calls, pulled up beside me and faded away with silly faces, encapsulating 20 years of my life in my rearview mirror.

— Robert Duffer, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
King bickered with fans on social media.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

Definition of bickered

Verb

Yet, Poindexter also argued the promises have not been lived up to.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2026
The veteran luxury executive was discussing the IFM’s 40th anniversary, and argued that its teaching across business, design and artisanal know-how makes the Paris fashion school unique — and uniquely powerful.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of argued

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Bass and Raman fought to halt that move, only to be rebuffed by Horvath and the county board.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
At the morning roundtable, Alan tells the players that Marathon, Agincourt, and Waterloo were all decisive battles fought early in the day.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of fought

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Kaye fell out with New Line Cinema and Norton over the edit, and the version that reached theaters, which Norton had a hand in cutting, ran longer than Kaye’s original 95-minute cut.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
The technicians managed to escape the vehicle but fell out of contact and haven’t been heard from since.

— Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of fell out

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The film’s drama, though, centers more on Nakamura and Ei, who joined forces to compose a series of hits in the 1960s but quarreled and parted as Nakamura spiraled into alcoholism.

— Mark Schilling, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026
Between these endpoints of hate and love came an hour-long C-SPAN broadcast, on November 30, 1993, in which the men quarrelled, teased, and fielded calls.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of quarreled

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Police detained three people after some demonstrators clashed with officers outside the court complex.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Stevens supported El-Sayed after the primary, but the two have clashed publicly in the days ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections.

— Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of clashed

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