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Synonyms for brawl

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : brawl
Phonetic Transcription : brɔl

Top 10 synonyms for brawl
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Définition 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

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