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Verbs (6)

muss, tussle

v. make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair"

scuffle, tussle

v. fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"

scuffle, tussle

v. fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"

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Fuzzynyms (13)

disorder, disarray

v. bring disorder to

deal

v. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

struggle

v. to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

contend, fight, struggle

v. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

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Antonyms (2)

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

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