Brawling
Contentious and brawling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contentious" instead an adjective "Brawling".
Contentious
Contentious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Brawling and contentious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brawling" instead an adjective "Contentious".
Nearby Word: contention
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- obstreperous and brawling
- obstreperous and contentious
- turbulent and brawling
- turbulent and contentious
- violent and brawling
- violent and contentious
- ferocious and brawling
- ferocious and contentious
- quarrelsome and brawling
- quarrelsome and contentious
- belligerent and brawling
- belligerent and contentious
- peevish and brawling
- peevish and contentious
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