affray

Meaning of affray

noun
  1. The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
  2. A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
  3. The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
    The affray in the busy marketplace caused great terror and disorder.
  4. Terror.
verb
  1. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
  2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.

Information about affray

  • The plural form of affray is: affrays.
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Hyphenation of affray

af-fray

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • affray is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

affray synonyms

Meaning altercation:

altercation, fracas

Meaning disturbance:

disturbance, fray, ruffle

Meaning :

alarm, fright, terror, brawl

Translation of affray

Words that rhyme with affray

fray, afray, defray, predefray, effray, clanjamfray, orfray

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