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arguingverbpresent participle of argue to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under considerationargued that a bake sale would make a lot less money than a car wash asserting, contending, maintaining, pleading, reasoning adducing, citing, mentioningclaiming, insistingaffirming, averring, avouching, avowingadvancing, giving, offering, proposing, submittingadvising, counseling(or counselling), recommending, suggesting, urgingconvincing, persuadingadvocating, championing, defending, enforcing, espousing, supportingexplaining, justifying, rationalizingconsidering, debating, discussingconfuting, countering, disproving, rebutting, refuting to express different opinions about something often angrilythat couple argues so incessantly it's a miracle they're still together altercating, argufying, bickering, brabbling, brawling, controverting, disputing, 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 cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requestsargued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week bringing, bringing around, converting, convincing, gaining, getting, inducing, moving, persuading, prevailing (on or upon), satisfying, talking (into), winning (over) blandishing, blarneying, cajoling, coaxing, entreating, exhorting, fast-talking, urging, wheedlingalluring, beguiling, leading on, luring, seducing, snowing, temptingbrainwashing, overpersuadinginclining, influencing, moving, prompting, selling, swayingattracting, drawing, enticing, interestingchewing over, conversing, debating, discussing, disputing, hashing (over), mootingreasoning (with) deterring, discouraging, dissuading, unselling to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinioncandidates arguing gun control in a nationally televised debate agitating, bandying, batting (around or back and forth), canvassing(also canvasing), debating, discussing, disputing, 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 to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness ofthe security video argues that it was a taller man who entered the building attesting, authenticating, bearing out, certifying, confirming, corroborating, substantiating, supporting, validating, verifying, vindicating avouching, backing (up), testifying (to), vouching (for), witnessingguaranteeing, warrantingaffirming, asserting, averring, avowing, declaring, professingdemonstrating, documenting, establishing, proving, reinforcing(also reenforcing) disproving, rebutting, refuting contradicting, gainsayingdenying, disavowing, disclaimingchallenging, contesting, disputing, questioning |