Antonyms for spat


Grammar : Noun
Spell : spat
Phonetic Transcription : spæt


Definition of spat

Origin :
  • "petty quarrel," 1804, American English, of unknown origin; perhaps somehow imitative (cf. spat "smack, slap," attested from 1823).
  • noun dispute, quarrel
Example sentences :
  • Roland spat out a mouthful of dust and swore beneath his breath.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Do you think that if I spat upon him, I could degrade him to a lower level than his own?
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • At first I only felt bad between the shoulders and spat up some froth.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • "They cost seven and six," he muttered, regarding the one spat wistfully.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Her words evidently annoyed him and he frowned angrily and spat.
  • Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy
  • He darted his head forward and spat in the heavy face so close to his own.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • It was she whom they had hissed like that; it was on herself that they had spat.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • He spat two or three times into the water, with an expression of contemptuous anger.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • Then deliberately and after the fashion of the Muslim he was become he spat upon it.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Nor was it until somebody hawked and spat that the spell was broken.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for spat

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