variants
or falling-outs
as in quarrels
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
the two friends have been lonely and miserable since they had a falling-out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallings-out
Noun
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Hip-Hop has equally thrived on legendary quarrels and strong relationships.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
6 Oct. 2025 -
However, lovers’ quarrels or difficulty dealing with children (hissy fits or meltdowns) might occur.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
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The woman said they are getting used to one another, but, luckily, there have been no fights.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Filmmaking is nitpicking, anxiety, fights, claustrophobia, exhaustion, euphoria.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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Members of Congress are entrenched in disagreements over health care policy with little bipartisanship on the horizon.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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The dispute could affect billions of dollars in cross-border trade and set a new precedent for handling disagreements over the use of public figures and historic addresses in political messaging.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Halsey continued by saying a lot of people who are bipolar remain undiagnosed because of these misunderstandings.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
16 Oct. 2025
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Shane Hubbard, a UW-Madison research scientist specializing in damage and loss estimation from disasters, said that misunderstandings of what type of insurance offers the most protection result in homeowners being left with hefty bills and little government assistance.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The onset of the Great Depression, which hit Germany’s fragile economy harder than most, heralded a rapid rise in street brawls among these groups.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Every week provides viral moments captured on cellphones of sports fans behaving badly, often erupting into life-altering brawls and chaos.—
Ed Lavandera,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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He’s also been involved in multiple public altercations and legal disputes, including a 2018 arrest over a parking spot dispute in New York City.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Many of the people devouring YoungBoy’s endless stream of new music have also been devouring news of his various altercations and legal cases.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But sources close to the Prince of Wales say Kate is not interested in any feuds.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
18 Oct. 2025
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Punk has been heavily praised for the feuds he's been involved in throughout his second WWE run.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The town had burned to the ground, and most of the Spanish settlers were dead, either of disease or in violent disputes about gold with indigenous peoples.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Some residents, like Leiva, consider Santa Rosa to be a paradise where international disputes feel more distant than the power of the river.—
Isa Cardona,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Fallings-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallings-out. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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