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brawlnoun a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several peoplethey were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl affray(chiefly British), broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée), rough-and-tumble, row, ruckus, ruction battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fisticuffs, handgrips, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tusslehorseplay, roughhousingaltercation, argument, dispute, kickup, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinionsthe student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting altercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy(chiefly British), battle royal, bicker, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tusslelogomachyfeud, vendettaattack, contention, dissension(also dissention)debate, difference, disputationfuss, objection, protest, protestationaffray(chiefly British), fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée)catfight loud, confused, and usually inharmonious soundwe could hear the brawl of the river rapids ahead of us before we could actually see them babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, bruit(archaic), cacophony, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, noise, racket, rattle, roar discord, dissonancecommotion, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, rumpus, tumult, uproarclatter, janglebang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness calm, hush, lullquietude, serenity, tranquillity(or tranquility) brawlverbto express different opinions about something often angrilythe Wilsons were always loudly brawling, and the neighbors were always shutting their windows altercate, argue, argufy, bicker, brabble, controvert, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, jar, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle challenge, dare, defyclash, contend, contest, tanglecavil, fuss, nitpickconsider, debate, discusskick, object, protest bandy words, butt heads, lock horns, mix it up coexist, get alongaccept, agree, assent, concur, consent in the 15th century |