Antonyms for fighting


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : fahy-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪ tɪŋ


Definition of fighting

Origin :
  • present participle adjective from fight (v.). Fighting chance is from 1877; fighting mad is attested by 1750.
  • adj aggressive, warlike
  • noun battle, encounter
Example sentences :
  • It was for ever fighting someone, somewhere, for causes which did not interest the subjects at all.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • And yet, though I shrink from the idea of fighting, I might in some way help those who are.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • He has joined the Foreign Legion, and even now may be fighting.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • "Ask Allister what fighting had to do with the running of things," said Andrew calmly.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Tranter, cunning and wary from years of fighting, knew that his chance had come.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • These night battles with death roused all her fighting blood.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • They were to go in small parties, not more than twenty fighting men to any one of them.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • They were all fighting away, and shouting angrily and loudly.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Yes, surely she had been in that hell of noises with him—fighting too.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Many of the fighting nations have lapsed back into the pre-Jonah era.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

Synonyms for fighting

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