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Synonyms for tiff

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

controversy brawl altercation bickering outfit whiff getup

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Brawl

brawl, controversy, altercation, bickering, fuss, fume, pettifoggery, fracas, feud, disagreement, strife, contention, logomachy

2. Miff — A (generally small) argument or disagreement; a petty quarrel, a spat

miff, tift dated UK

Other

fall-out, huff, passion, pet, getup, whiff, outfit

Verb

spat, bicker, quarrel, squabble, wrangle, dispute, argument, have words, row, tiffin, spar, barney, quibble

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A (generally small) argument or disagreement; a petty quarrel, a spat.

  2. v. 1

    To be involved in a (generally small) argument or disagreement; to squabble.

Related words

Word family
tift

Forms

Plural
tiffs → brawls, controversies, altercations, bickerings…
Past participle
tiffed
e.g. tiffed → spatted, bickered, quarreled, squabbled…

Example sentences

  • controversy She has waded into one controversy after another.
  • brawl Sami and Farid had a brawl right before Christmas.
  • altercation An altercation broke out between Dan and Linda.
  • bickering All this bickering is starting to fray my nerves.
  • outfit I like the way you put your outfit together today.
  • whiff He had a whiff at my fart and fanned it back to me.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tiffsteady
controversyfalling
brawlrising
altercationrising
bickeringrising
outfitrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
row1, pet1
4 letters
fuss1, feud1, spat1, huff1, spar1, fume1, miff, tift1
5 letters
brawl1, whiff1, getup
6 letters
outfit2, barney2, strife1, bicker2, tiffin2, fracas2
7 letters
passion2, dispute2, quarrel2, quibble2, wrangle2
8 letters
argument3, squabble2
9 letters
bickering3, logomachy
10 letters
contention3
11 letters
controversy4, altercation4
12 letters
disagreement4, pettifoggery

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (outfit2 = 2 syllables).