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present participle of brawl.

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brawling

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boisterous adj.
fighting adj.
pugnacious adj.
quarrelsome adj.
fighting n.

ADJECTIVE

boisterous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clamorous loud rambunctious raucous riotous rollicking rowdy strident unruly uproarious vociferous

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tumultuous

WEAK

bouncy disorderly effervescent impetuous obstreperous unrestrained vociferant wild

Antonyms

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calm low moderate quiet soft solemn subdued

WEAK

restrained silent

ADJECTIVE

fighting

Synonyms

STRONG

battling belligerent boxing contending determined fencing hostile jousting martial militant skirmishing sparring tilting warmongering wrestling

WEAK

angry argumentative bellicose combative contentious disputatious disputative ferocious hawkish jingoistic militaristic pugnacious quarrelsome ready to fight resolute scrappy truculent unbeatable under arms up in arms

Antonyms

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kind nice peaceful

WEAK

peaceloving

ADJECTIVE

pugnacious

Synonyms

WEAK

aggressive antagonistic argumentative bellicose cantankerous chip on shoulder choleric combative contentious defiant disputatious have a bone to pick hot-tempered irascible irritable itching to fight militant petulant pushing pushy quarrelsome ready to fight rebellious salty scrappy self-assertive truculent warlike

Antonyms

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easygoing kind laid-back nice

ADJECTIVE

quarrelsome

Synonyms

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belligerent cantankerous combative contentious fractious litigious petulant tempestuous turbulent unruly

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argumentative bad-tempered bellicose cat-and-dog choleric churlish crabby cross disputatious dissentious excitable fiery gladiatorial hasty have chip on shoulder hotheaded huffy impassioned irascible irritable ornery passionate peevish pettish pugnacious querulous ructious snappy thin-skinned touchy truculent violent war

Antonyms

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agreeable calm good-natured happy mild moderate nice obedient pleasant

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forgiving friendly patient

NOUN

fighting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bloodshed combat conflict dispute exchange hostility melee riot scuffle strife struggle war warfare

STRONG

argument beef blowup bout brush contention flap fracas free-for-all go hassle joust match mix rough-and-tumble roughhouse row rowdy rumble rumpus run-in scramble scrap scrimmage set-to spat tiff words wrangle

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battle royal brannigan donnybrook hell broke loose punch out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accord agreement calm harmony peace

WEAK

ceasefire surrender

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brawling

According to legend, it took rough and rugged characters to tame the early American frontier: men like Daniel Boone, the trailblazer, or Mike Fink, the brawling river boatman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Despite our public persona of being dysfunctional and brawling, we were quite quiet in the rehearsal space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

For one, he faced a divided parliament - opposition parties in Taiwan were brawling in parliament over the weekend over proposed reforms, and protesting over the last few days.

From BBC ● May 19, 2024

He’s a fairly even-keeled, calm-sounding guy, which makes him a helpful spokesperson to an organization that has big bearded dudes going out fighting and brawling.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2023

Meanwhile the Fifth Cohort was brawling with the two-headed men.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

brawling

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