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Definition of wrangled : of Wrangle

Synonyms:

contrasted, quarreled, hassled, disputed, antagonized, opposed, encountered, defended, conflicted, clashed, vied, stood, protested, wrestled, bickered, confronted, dissented, contended, resisted, withstood, struggled, brawled, argued, faced

got, acquired, heaped, caught, claimed, scored, procured, obtained, secured, accumulated, won, amassed, captured, retrieved, assumed, taken, bagged, incurred, reaped, added, landed, annexed, pocketed, collected, took, garnered, gotten, cornered, received, fetched, palmed, bought, lured, purchased, netted, harvested

farmed, tamed, bred, groomed, herded, broken, trained, domesticated, ranched, housebroke, housebroken, broke

Usage examples:

• The matter was wrangled over for several years, in the state legislatures, in town and county meetings, at dinner- tables, and in bar- rooms, with the general result that, until such compensation should be made, the statutes hindering the collection of debts would not be repealed. - "The Critical Period of American History", John Fiske.
• They wrangled for an hour. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• I shall never forget that detestable trial, those awful days in the Divorce Court, when the lawyers fought and wrangled over my darling sister, like dogs over a bone, tearing and snarling at each other, while the judge sat above like a solemn old owl, never moving or making a sign. - "The Passenger from Calais", Arthur Griffiths.