dustups
Brief angry encounters
Dustups are minor fights, arguments, or confrontations—brief scuffles or heated exchanges that don't rise to the level of serious conflict.
The word suggests something that kicks up quickly and settles down again: There were a few dustups between players after the game.
A dustup with a neighbor, a dustup over policy, a dustup in the press.
Disorderly group fight
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- tussleBrief physical struggle
- fracasNoisy disorderly fight
- meleeDisordered group skirmish
fisticuffs · skirmish · ruckus · affray · rumble · scrap · punch-up · fistfight
Noisy fuss or disturbance
- brouhahaNoisy public uproar
- contretempsEmbarrassing minor conflict
- to-doCommotion or fuss
- fussAgitated, unnecessary concern
scene · incident · episode · brush · run-in · skirmish · fracas · hassle
Reasoned case or dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- spatPetty verbal dispute
- tiffMinor interpersonal dispute
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
row · bickering · wrangle · shouting match · war of words · heated exchange · slanging match · blowup
brawl
Disorderly group fight
melee · fisticuffs · skirmish · ruckus · affray · rumble · scrap · punch-up · fistfight · altercation
kerfuffle
Noisy fuss or disturbance
- brouhahaNoisy public uproar
- contretempsEmbarrassing minor conflict
- to-doCommotion or fuss
fuss · scene · incident · episode · brush · run-in · skirmish · fracas · hassle · flap
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
squabble · row · bickering · wrangle · shouting match · war of words · heated exchange · slanging match · blowup · flare-up
feud
Bitter ongoing rivalry
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
antagonism · hostilities · strife · discord · bad blood · vendetta · grudge · tension · enmity · ill will
dustupspeace
Freedom from disturbance
calm · tranquility · harmony · serenity · quiet
dustupsreconciliations
Restorations of friendly relations
agreements · accords · truces · settlements · rapprochements