Synonyms of wrangled

wrangled

verb

past tense of wrangle

as in bickered

to express different opinions about something often angrily

a town meeting at which local residents wrangled for hours about property taxes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bickered
• argued
• fought
• quarreled
• clashed
• squabbled
• brawled
• disputed
• debated
• quibbled
• scrapped
• rowed
• hassled
• discussed
• controverted
• jarred
• locked horns
• fell out
• tiffed
• butted heads
• spatted
• altercated
• argufied
• contested
• mixed it up
• challenged
• contended
• tangled
• dared
• brabbled
• protested
• kicked
• defied
• bandied words
• objected
• fussed
• nitpicked
• considered
• caviled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreed
• accepted
• consented
• concurred
• coexisted
• got along
• assented

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wrangled

California’s new Anglo power brokers wrangled over who would have the right to vote. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Years of uncertainty followed, as Britain and the European Union wrangled over what their future trading relationship would look like. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

Ringel and Levy Dagerman personally wrangled roughly 20 marketing promotions designed at engaging local audiences to come out, and the film managed to open on over 250 screens as a result. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 June 2026

So, Nitzany wrangled and grabbed the python while onlookers stood back and watched. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026

In 1913, the Pennsylvania Game Commission arranged to have fifty elk wrangled out of Yellowstone National Park, hauled back to Pennsylvania by rail, and turned loose. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

In 1956, at a time when Black cowboys weren’t allowed to compete in rodeos, Charles LeBlanc wrangled 22 Black farmers and ranchers to create the Okmulgee County Roundup Club, an organization that would go on to launch the Okmulgee All Colored Rodeo. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026

While in character, Sweeney went topless multiple times, sported a tiny Y2K butterfly top, experienced a few wedding nip slips, and even wrangled a python. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 1 June 2026

Plus, its tangle-free brush system has self-adjusting rubber brushes to prevent clogging — a convenient detail that could have wrangled both my husky’s fur and my long hair. — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026