having words
Engaged in quarrel
Having words means arguing or quarreling, typically in a brief but heated exchange: I could hear them having words in the next room.
The phrase suggests a verbal confrontation more serious than disagreement but less severe than a full blowup.
Often used with "with": She's having words with the manager about the refund.
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- heated exchangeAngry verbal conflict
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- poetryMetrical literary composition
quarrel · conversation · debate · confrontation · discussion · talking it out · dispute · syntax · rebuttal · verbal sparring · lexicon · dissent · prose · persuasion · altercation · speech · semantics · metaphor
having wordsgetting along
Relating well with others
harmony · making peace · reconciling · seeing eye to eye · making up
having wordssaying nothing
biting one's tongue · keeping quiet · keeping mum · silence · letting it go
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