Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

murmur v (COMPLAIN)
murmur n (COMPLAINT)
mutter v
mutter n (COMPLAINT)
mutterings n
nag v
nagging adj
nagging n
nail v (CATCH)
nark n (ANNOYING PERSON)
needle v
niggle v (CRITICIZE)
niggle n (CRITICISM)
nimby n
nitpick v
nitpicking n
nix v
object v
objection n
objector n
old woman n
opponent n
oppose v
opposing adj
opposition n (DISAGREEMENT)
opprobrium n
outcry n
override v (NOT ACCEPT)
override n (POLITICS)
overrule v
oxymoron n
pan v (CRITICIZE)
peep n (SOMETHING SAID)
pejorative adj
personality clash n
personalize v
petty adj
piggy in the middle n
pillory v
pointed adj (CRITICISM)
pointedly adv
point of order n
pooh-pooh v
potshot n
protest n
protest v
protestation n
pungent adj
punt v (KICK)
quarrel n
quarrel v
querulous adj
quibble v
quibble n
rail v
rap v (HIT)
rebel v
rebuff v
rebuke v
rebut v
rebuttal n
recant v
recrimination n
refusal n
refuse v
refute v

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reject v
reject n
rejection n
remonstrate v
renounce v
renunciation n
report v (TELL)
represent v (ACT FOR)
reprimand v
reproach v
reproach n
reproachful adj
reproof n
reprove v
repudiate v
repulse v (PUSH AWAY)
resist v
resistant adj (NOT ACCEPTING)
rhubarb n (ARGUMENT)
rift n
rivalry n
roar v
roast v (CRITICIZE)
roasting n
rollicking n
row n (ARGUMENT)
row v
rubbish v
ruckus n
ructions n
rumbling n
rumpus n
run-in n
sacrificial lamb n
sarcasm n
sarcastic adj
sarky adj
satirize v
scapegoat n
scathing adj
scene n (ARGUMENT)
schism n
scold v
score n (ARGUMENT)
scorn v
scrap n (ARGUMENT)
scream v (MAKE NOISE)
scream n (NOISE)
screech v
second-guess v (CRITICIZE)
sedition n
self-contradictory adj
set-to n
shadowbox v
shindig n
shout v (USE LOUD VOICE)
shout n (LOUD VOICE)
shouting n
shouting match n
shouty adj
showdown n
shriek n
shriek v
shun v
skirmish n
slam v

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