affray
101struggle — I noun affray, agitation, attempt, battle, broil, certamen, clash, combat, competition, conflict, confrontation, contention, contestation, controversy, disagreement, dissension, effort, encounter, endeavor, engagement, essay, exertion, feud,… …
102fight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. battle, affray, brawl, quarrel; contest, struggle; pugnacity. Slang, scrap. See contention, irascibility, resolution. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A violent struggle] Syn. strife, conflict, contention, feud …
103Contention — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Contention >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 contention contention strife Sgm: N 1 contest contest contestation Sgm: N 1 struggle struggle Sgm: N 1 belligerency belligerency Sgm: N 1 opposition opposition …
104afraid — a|fraid W2S1 [əˈfreıd] adj [not before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Past participle of affray to frighten (14 19 centuries), from Old French affreer; AFFRAY] 1.) frightened because you think that you may get hurt or that something bad may… …
105fray — {{11}}fray (n.) mid 14c., feeling of alarm, shortening of AFFRAY (Cf. affray) (q.v.; see also AFRAID (Cf. afraid)). Meaning a brawl, a fight is from early 15c. (but late 14c. in Anglo Latin). Fraymaker fighter, brawler is an excellent word from a …
106afraid — adjective (often afraid of/to do) feeling fear or anxiety; frightened. ↘(afraid for) anxious about the well being of. Phrases I m afraid expressing polite apology or regret. Origin ME: past participle of the obs. verb affray, from Anglo Norman Fr …
107fray — fray1 verb 1》 (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or become worn at the edge. 2》 (of a person s nerves or temper) show the effects of strain. Origin ME: from OFr. freiier, from L. fricare to rub . fray2 noun (the fray) a situation of intense… …
108frighten — frighten, fright, scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, affray, affright mean to strike or to fill with fear or dread. Frighten is perhaps the most frequent in use; it is the most inclusive, for it may range in implicaton from a momentary… …
109chaud-medley — /showdmedliy/ A homicide committed in the heat of an affray and while under the influence of passion; it is thus distinguished from chance medley, which is the killing of a man in a casual affray in self defense. It has been said, however, that… …
110fight — A hostile encounter, affray, or altercation; a physical or verbal struggle for victory; pugilistic combat. Gitlow v. Kiely, D.C.N.Y., 44 F.2d 227, 232. See also affray …
