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Do you know how to disagree without sounding rude or blunt? In English, there are many ways to express disagreement politely and diplomatically. This crossword will help you discover key phrases and vocabulary used to challenge an idea, express doubt, or offer an alternative point of view, all while keeping the conversation respectful and constructive.
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Clues
Across
- 2. Worried or troubled about something
- 6. Was not in short form
- 8. Of short duration
- 9. Limited or modified in meaning or scope
- 10. Unwilling or hesitant to agree
- 15. To question or dispute a claim
- 16. To a considerable degree
- 17. Did not in short form
Down
- 1. To talk into the phone
- 3. To assert something as true
- 4. Not the same; holding another view
- 5. Continuing until now
- 7. A reason for disagreeing or opposing
- 9. A question expressing doubt
- 11. At which place
- 12. In front or forward
- 13. Without pattern or design
- 14. To refute or contradict an argument
Answers
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Across
- 2. Worried or troubled about something → concerned
- 6. Was not in short form → wasnt
- 8. Of short duration → brief
- 9. Limited or modified in meaning or scope → qualified
- 10. Unwilling or hesitant to agree → reluctant
- 15. To question or dispute a claim → challenge
- 16. To a considerable degree → quite
- 17. Did not in short form → didnt
Down
- 1. To talk into the phone → speak
- 3. To assert something as true → claim
- 4. Not the same; holding another view → different
- 5. Continuing until now → still
- 7. A reason for disagreeing or opposing → objection
- 9. A question expressing doubt → query
- 11. At which place → where
- 12. In front or forward → ahead
- 13. Without pattern or design → plain
- 14. To refute or contradict an argument → rebut
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