riidellä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- argue verb To exchange differing opinions, often heatedly.
- contend verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
- quarrel noun An angry argument or dispute, especially between people who know each other.
- row noun A straight line of people or things placed next to each other.
- tangle verb To twist together into a knotted, confused mass.
- wrangle verb To argue or quarrel at length, often noisily.
Senses
riidellä is used for these senses in English:
- argue (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
- argue (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
- contend (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
- quarrel (intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
- row (intransitive) To argue noisily.
- tangle (intransitive, figurative) To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
- wrangle To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling.
- wrangle (also, figuratively) To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
argue — full definition
- verb To exchange differing opinions, often heatedly.
- verb To give reasons in support of a position.
contend — full definition
- verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
- verb To argue firmly that something is true.