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disputingverbpresent participle of dispute to demand proof of the truth or rightness ofa whole slew of relatives eager to dispute his claim to being the sole heir challenging, contesting, impeaching, oppugning, querying, questioning doubting, mistrustingkicking (about), objecting (to), protestingcombating(or combatting), fighting, opposing, resisting calling in question(or calling into question) accepting, believing, embracing, swallowing backing, defending, supportingadvocating, championing, promotingabiding, enduring, stomaching, tolerating to express different opinions about something often angrilyhometown fans disputing with visiting fans over which had the better team altercating, argufying, arguing, bickering, brabbling, brawling, controverting, falling out, fighting, hassling, jarring, quarreling(or quarrelling), quibbling, rowing, scrapping, spatting, squabbling, tiffing, wrangling challenging, daring, defyingclashing, contending, contesting, tanglingcaviling(or cavilling), fussing, nitpickingconsidering, debating, discussingkicking, objecting, protesting bandying words, butting heads, locking horns, mixing it up coexisting, getting alongaccepting, agreeing, assenting, concurring, consenting to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinionin an extended session the city council disputed the need for a new high school agitating, arguing, bandying, batting (around or back and forth), canvassing(also canvasing), debating, discussing, hashing (over or out), mooting, talking over reviewing, speaking (about), talking (about)broaching, introducing, propounding, raising, stirring upforging, hammering out, talking out, thrashing (out), wrestling (with)chewing over, considering, deliberating, weighing |