(n) a noisy fight

(v) cause friction; "my sweater scratches"

(v) wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve"

(s) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me wh

(s) starkly realistic; "I have never lacked candid critics in my own ranks"-Clement Atlee

(s) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk"

(s) informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview"

(s) patiently enduring continual wrongs or trouble; "an enduring disposition"; "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife"

(s) unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"

(s) improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"

(s) not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"

(s) characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

(a) lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics; "a bland pudding"; "a bland diet for her irritated stomach"

(s) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"

(s) lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

(v) give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

(v) introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"

(s) being such in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"

(s) named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock"

(s) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a tokenish gesture"

(a) being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power; "nominal or face value"

(a) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun; "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"

(a) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; "the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal lists of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls"