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brallen to brag, MHG. prulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. 1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously. Let a man that

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brallen to brag, MHG. prulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. 1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously. Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke. 2. To complain loudly; to scold. 3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones. Where the brook brawls along the painful road. Wordsworth. Syn. -- To wrangle; squabble; contend.

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  • SCOLDER
    1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
  • QUARRELING
    Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling mood. -- Quar"rel*ing*ly, adv.
  • CHIDESTER
    A female scold.
  • FERMENTABLE
    Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.
  • TURBULENCE
    The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation. Shak. The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued. Southey. Syn. -- Agitation; commotion; tumult; tumultuousness; termagance; unruliness;
  • FERMENT
    fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. 1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. Note: Ferments are of two kinds: Formed or organized ferments. Unorganized or structureless ferments. The
  • UPROARIOUS
    Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment. -- Up*roar"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Up*roar"i*ous*ness, n.
  • SCOLDINGLY
    In a scolding manner.
  • INSUBORDINATION
    The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
  • MUTINY
    mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF. meute riot, LL. 1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior
  • DISTRACTION
    1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in
  • CHIDER
    One who chides or quarrels. Shak.
  • CONTENTIOUS
    Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. Contentious jurisdiction , jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed
  • OUTBREAK
    A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection. "Mobs and outbreaks." J. H. Newman. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak.
  • BUSTLER
    An active, stirring person.
  • UPROAR
    Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. Acts xvii. 5. (more info) uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr to stir, hr stirring,
  • DISPUTE
    To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. (more info) from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig.,
  • TURMOIL
    Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak. (more info) the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble ;
  • BRAWLING
    1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy. She is an irksome brawling scold. Shak. 2. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3. A brawling stream. J. S. Shairp.
  • BLUSTERINGLY
    In a blustering manner.
  • DISEMBROIL
    To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion. Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world before his time. Addison.
  • PREFERMENT
    1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion. Neither
  • ORCHIDEOUS
    See ORCHIDACEOUS
  • INDISPUTED
    Undisputed.

 

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