bickering


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Synonyms for bickering

a quarrel about petty points

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The principal reason was bickering mainly among members of the House of Representatives over the allocation of funds particularly for public works projects.
"Forget the stereotypical view SAY of old married couples bickering. According to a new study published in the journal Emotion, LOVE bickering decreases the longer a couple are married.
Albayalde, likewise, said the PNP does not want to participate in the 'political bickering' supposedly being waged by members of the opposition, who claimed the charges are mere political persecution and harassment.
Healthy competition between rivals is never bad, a little bickering only keeps everyone going as long as it does not turn into a feud.
CHARSADDA -- Two young men committed suicide in different villages of Charsadda district, reportedly due to bickering with their parents.
A state PKR lawmaker today accused Datuk Seri Azmin Ali and Rafizi Ramli of hurting Pakatan Harapan's (PH) image, saying the ongoing public spat between the two deputy presidential candidates is making the coalition look like 'bickering fools'.
Summary: Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): After Congress President Rahul Gandhi was recently attacked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for publicly declaring his prime ministerial ambition, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) bickering ally Shiv Sena came out in his support.
Nairobi Jubilee and ODM MCAs want NASA co-principals to stop bickering and support President Uhuru Kenyatta and NASA leader Raila Odinga's unity pact.
Bickering in the Cynulliad has led to its suspension: London government took the opportunity of abolishing the Welsh language (again!) and ordered the Welsh rugby team to be integrated with that of England.
Amid the internal bickering over the matter of forming an alliance with the PSP, the MQM-P is certainly divided.
According to media reports, one Mohammad Basharat nephew of victim (r) told police that bickering among the wife and husband had become a daily routine being the couple issueless.
They pass the days bickering over crisps and figurines while annoying the bejaysus out of each other.
A COUPLE celebrating 50 years of marriage claim their secret is "bickering and making up".
ISLAMABAD -- Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Mohammad Yousaf Thursday said that the life and teachings of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH) provides foundation to forge harmony among various sects and overcome internal bickering.