ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fighting

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Fighting is an adjective meaning Engaged in war or other conflict.

Meaning

Engaged in war or other conflict.

More Meanings

  1. Apt to provoke a fight.
  2. present participle and gerund of fight
  3. The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
  4. A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight

Example Sentences

Them's fighting words in my country!
It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.
Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks.
Then here the warres end, here our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard.

Word Forms

Synonyms for fighting

Depending on context, synonyms include belligerent, active, disorderly, militant, fight, combat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include warring, belligerent, militant, combat, brawling, operational.

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