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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 3 votes

  1. fray

    A feud is enmity between families, clans, or parties, with acts of hostility mutually retaliated and avenged; feud is rarely used of individuals, never of nations. While all the other words of the group may refer to that which is transient, a feud is long-enduring, and often hereditary. Dissension is used of a number of persons, of a party or other organization. Bitterness is in feeling only; enmity and hostility involve will and purpose to oppose or injure. A quarrel is in word or act, or both, and is commonly slight and transient, as we speak of childish quarrels; contention and strife may be in word or deed; contest ordinarily involves some form of action. Contest is often used in a good sense, contention and strife very rarely so. Controversy is commonly in words; strife extends from verbal controversy to the contests of armies. Affray, brawl, and broil, like quarrel, are words of inferior dignity. An affray or broil may arise at a street corner; the affray always involves physical force; the brawl or broil may be confined to violent language.

    Synonyms:
    affray, animosity, bitterness, brawl, broil, contention, contest, controversy, dispute, dissension, enmity, feud, hostility, quarrel, strife

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. affray, disturbance, fray, ruffleverb

    a noisy fight

    Synonyms:
    commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, disturbance, mental disorder, interference, ruff, folie, upset, flounce, flutter, choker, to-do, psychological disorder, perturbation, furbelow, kerfuffle, fracas, frill, hoo-ha, disruption, altercation, ruffle, fray, noise, neck ruff, affray, hoo-hah

  2. fray, frazzleverb

    wear away by rubbing

    "The friction frayed the sleeve"

    Synonyms:
    scratch, frazzle, chafe, fray, fret, rub

  3. rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratchverb

    cause friction

    "my sweater scratches"

    Synonyms:
    fuss, eat into, itch, excise, gag, choke, scratch up, nark, erode, fret, excoriate, bother, rile, scrub, gravel, strike, rub, inscribe, rankle, get to, eat away, come up, scrape up, scrape, cancel, nettle, gall, call off, chafe, get at, engrave, scratch, irritate, annoy, frazzle, niggle, rag, expunge, vex, grate, fray, devil, grave

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fraynoun

    Synonyms:
    combat, battle, fight

  2. fraynoun

    Synonyms:
    broil, quarrel, riot, affray

  3. frayverb

    Synonyms:
    rub, wear, fret

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fraynoun

    Synonyms:
    fight, battle, combat, broil, affray, fret, chafe

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "fray":

    frey

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How to use Fray in a sentence?

  1. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

    I don't think it'll be a big shock to anybody if I jump in the fray and once again run for president in 2016.

  2. The GOP members:

    In that spirit, we hope that we can rise above the partisan fray to negotiate meaningful change for Americans across the nation and maintain the United States’ standing as the best country in the world.

  3. Butler:

    An ass will with his long ears fray The flies that tickle him away; But man delights to have his ears Blown maggots in by flatterers.

  4. Homer:

    He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.

  5. Dave Walker:

    I used to anchor at CNN, and now I just yell at CNN, i think originally,it was pretty much 99 percent news content… as cable news evolved and more competition came into the fray,you had more opinion, particularly in the evening hours.And I would say that’s the major difference now. But maybe with the new ownership that may revert to more just basic news coverage.


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  • نزاعArabic
  • оръфвам, свада, стълкновение, сбиване, износвам, протърквамBulgarian
  • desfilar-seCatalan, Valencian
  • drásat, třepit seCzech
  • ausfransen, SchlachtGerman
  • σύρραξη, συμπλοκή, διαμάχηGreek
  • rähinä, harsuuntua, väsyttää, uuvuttaa, riita, purkaantuaFinnish
  • bagarre, combat, effilocher, userFrench
  • התבלה, קטטה, ריפט, שחק, נשחק, תחרותHebrew
  • feslikHungarian
  • baruffa, agone, mischiaItalian
  • rakneNorwegian
  • refrega, desfiarPortuguese
  • дра́ка, столкнове́ние, обтрёпываться, борьба́, распуска́ться, расплета́ться, перепа́лка, изна́шиваться, вытира́ться, сты́чка, сраже́ниеRussian
  • ఫ్రేTelugu
  • çözülmekTurkish

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