Affray

What do we mean by affray?

A noisy quarrel or brawl. noun

To frighten. transitive verb

To frighten; terrify; give a shock to; arouse; disturb.

Fear; terror. noun

Disturbance involving terror. noun

A public fight; a noisy quarrel; a brawl; a tumult; disturbance. noun

Synonyms Broil. Scuffle, etc. See quarrel, n. noun

To startle from quiet; to alarm. transitive verb

To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. transitive verb

The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. noun

Alarm; terror; fright. noun

A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. noun

The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. noun

The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. noun

A tumultuous assault or quarrel. noun

The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. noun

To startle from quiet; to alarm. verb

To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. verb

A noisy fight noun

Noisy quarrel noun

The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.

A tumultuous assault or quarrel.

The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.

Terror.

Words that are spelled similarly to affray:
affray, effray, affrap.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word affray:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe affray:
serious, bloody, fatal, sudden, unfortunate, desperate, violent, whole, fierce, late, general, wild, terrible, sanguinary, murderous, casual, drunken, tumultuous, recent, deadly, medley, minor, dreadful, unhappy, slight, personal, brief, disastrous, riot, infinitesimal, invisible, subsequent, dire, mad, sharp, mere, infamous, popular, occasional, tribal, singular, armed, rash, batteilous, lamentable, obscure, confused, severe, celebrated, famous, above, earlier, accidental, horrible, trifling, disgraceful, hand, wretched, tragic, fresh, bloodless, mutual, interesting, fearful, horrid, riotous, mortal, chancemedley, savage, foolish, ghastly, dangerous, furious.

Consonant match to affray:
effray, off rio.

Words that sound like affray:
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