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
- Apt to provoke a fight.
- present participle and gerund of fight
- The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
- 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
- fightings
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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