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Definition of brawling : 1. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3.
2. of Brawl
3. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.

Synonyms:

disorderly

loath, blasting, dissident, rioting, harsh, altercating, cacophonous, clashing, disharmonious, squabbling, antagonistic, warring, contentious, discordant, rowing, differing, raucous, sparing, bickering, conflicting, tense, contending, antagonizing, antipathetic, hostile, dissonant, disagreeing, dissenting, colliding, clamoring, feuding

fighting, broiling, raging, outrageous, ferocious, assaultive, tumultuous, intense, uproarious, vehement, violent, wild, fierce, furious, frenzied, abusive, savage

facing, disputing, vying, standing, resisting, confronting, opposing, arguing, encountering, hassling, wrangling, quarreling, protesting, contrasting, wrestling, struggling, withstanding, defending

Usage examples:

• The place is more open than is usual, comparatively level, and a dozen feet above the river, which, brawling over a ledge, spreads into an attractive pool. - "The So-called Human Race", Bert Leston Taylor.
• No traces of the late storm were visible, save that here and there a tree lay prostrate, and one or two brawling streams that but yesterday were tiny rivulets, dashed foaming through the valleys. - "A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest", Amelia B. Edwards.
• " A roaring lion,"-" A raging bear,"-" A brawling woman,"-" A flattering mouth,"-" An understanding heart,"-" Burning coals,"-" The hearing ear, and the seeing eye." - "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.