Affray

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A noisy quarrel or brawl.
  • v. Archaic To frighten.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
  • n. A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
  • n. The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
  • v. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
  • v. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
  • v. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
  • n. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
  • n. Alarm; terror; fright.
  • n. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
  • n. The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To frighten; terrify; give a shock to; arouse; disturb.
  • n. Fear; terror.
  • n. Disturbance involving terror.
  • n. A public fight; a noisy quarrel; a brawl; a tumult; disturbance.
  • n. Synonyms Broil. Scuffle, etc. See quarrel, n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a noisy fight
  • n. noisy quarrel
  • Verb Form
    affrayed    affraying    affrays   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fight    combat    scrap    fighting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    frighten    scare    disturbance    brawl    fight    scuffle    tumult    contest    encounter    feud   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rencounter    dissension    broil    scuffle    fracas    skirmish    brawl    shooting    begad    mêlée