Synonyms for fighting
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : fahy-ting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪ tɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for fighting Other synonyms for the word fighting
- angry
- argument
- argumentative
- battle royal
- battling
- beef
- bellicose
- belligerent
- blowup
- bout
- boxing
- brannigan
- brawling
- brush
- combative
- contending
- contention
- contentious
- determined
- disputatious
- disputative
- donnybrook
- fencing
- ferocious
- flap
- fracas
- free-for-all
- go
- hassle
- hawkish
- hell broke loose
- hostile
- jingoistic
- joust
- jousting
- martial
- match
- militant
- militaristic
- mix
- pugnacious
- punch out
- quarrelsome
- ready to fight
- resolute
- roughhouse
- row
- rowdy
- rumble
- rumpus
- run-in
- scramble
- scrap
- scrappy
- scrimmage
- set-to
- skirmishing
- sparring
- spat
- struggle
- tiff
- tilting
- truculent
- unbeatable
- under arms
- up in arms
- war
- warfare
- warmongering
- words
- wrangle
- wrestling
Définition of fighting
Origin :- present participle adjective from fight (v.). Fighting chance is from 1877; fighting mad is attested by 1750.
- adj aggressive, warlike
- noun battle, encounter
- It was for ever fighting someone, somewhere, for causes which did not interest the subjects at all.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- And yet, though I shrink from the idea of fighting, I might in some way help those who are.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- He has joined the Foreign Legion, and even now may be fighting.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- "Ask Allister what fighting had to do with the running of things," said Andrew calmly.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Tranter, cunning and wary from years of fighting, knew that his chance had come.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- These night battles with death roused all her fighting blood.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- They were to go in small parties, not more than twenty fighting men to any one of them.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- They were all fighting away, and shouting angrily and loudly.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- Yes, surely she had been in that hell of noises with him—fighting too.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Many of the fighting nations have lapsed back into the pre-Jonah era.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
Antonyms for fighting
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