Antonyms for brawl

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : brawl

Phonetic Transcription : brɔl

Definition of brawl

Origin : late 14c., braulen "to cry out, scold, quarrel," probably related to Dutch brallen "to boast," or from French brailler "to shout noisily," frequentative of braire "to bray" (see bray (v.)). Meaning "quarrel, wrangle, squabble" is from early 15c. Related: Brawled; brawling.

noun nasty fight
verb fight nastily

Example sentences :

What means this brawl in the open streets at this late hour?
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He repaired to Berlin, and was killed there in a brawl at a gambling den.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

Does it become you to brawl with my garrison the moment you are admitted?
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

Only remembering that if he plunder or brawl, I may have to leave him hanging on the next bush.'
Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge

A drinking den where violent men gather to brawl and gamble.
Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor

A few daring jests, a brawl, and a fatal stab, make up the life of Marlowe.
Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce

Between Chester and the capital there was not an inn where he had not been in a brawl.
Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

I know not; he was lately wounded in a brawl, and methinks the blow has crazed him.
Extract from : « Cleopatra » by H. Rider Haggard

They know only how to brawl and scrawl 'hot-head' and 'impolitic maniac.'
Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall

The whole scene was what, if it had occurred any where else than in a palace, would have been called a brawl.
Extract from : « Charles I » by Jacob Abbott

Synonyms for brawl

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