to brawl

Examples

• All

• Paul and Jonas were being interviewed by the police after brawling in the street.

  Academic text (2018)

• Some incidents of drunken violence resulted from personal vendettas, as when the intoxicated mayor of Espita brawled with a state police agent in public.

  Academic text (2002)

• A king does not brawl in his own house.

  The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

• And herewith, if you want to brawl, do it in the streets.

  The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

• What are you brawling about, Tom?

  Tom Jones (1963)

• And so we drink and brawl and quarrel with the Cardinal's guards and then we drink some more.

  The Three Musketeers (2011)

• After escaping the submission, Riddle began to brawl with his opponent before the end of the round.

  Blog text (20)

• We can't be together while they're brawling all around us.

  West Side Story (2021)

• In the saloon, men are clapping shoulders, shooting craps, drinking, laughing, and brawling.

  Fiction book (2000)

• As the bar closed, a group of patrons began to brawl over a disagreement at the pool table.

Synonyms

C

to come to blows

vsto brawl

8 6.5

To start fighting physically with someone after an argument

is an ongoing noisy violent public confrontation rather than just its start

T

to tussle

vsto brawl

7 5.3

To fight roughly with another person at close range

is louder more disorderly and more public rather than a small struggle

F

to fistfight

vsto brawl

1 4.1

To hit another person with your bare hands in a fight

is larger and noisier often taking place in public and disorderly

F

to fly at each other

vsto brawl

• Informal

7.4

People suddenly fight or shout at each other with strong anger

is a loud disorderly violent scene often in public rather than a sudden flare

Antonyms

C

to calm

962 1.0

Make a person or animal less upset

R

to reconcile

38 5.1

To become friendly again after a disagreement

How Violent

to riot

26 4.9

to brawl

9 4.4

to fight

∞ 1.0

to scuffle

4 5.1

quarrel

61 2.0

to argue

607 1.1

to disagree

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology