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单词 donnybrook
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donnybrook

noun

don·​ny·​brook ˈdä-nē-ˌbru̇k How to pronounce donnybrook (audio)
often capitalized
1
: free-for-all, brawl
2
: a usually public quarrel or dispute

Synonyms

  • affray [chiefly British]
  • brawl
  • broil
  • fracas
  • fray
  • free-for-all
  • melee
  • mêlée
  • rough-and-tumble
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
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Example Sentences

A donnybrook has erupted over the court's decision. a dozen people were arrested after the donnybrook at the stadium
Recent Examples on the Web The unequal three-way donnybrook — film critics on one side, the vox populi and aggrieved artists on the other — is a digital-era twist on a perennial Hollywood story. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2022 Second, there is that political donnybrook sense of a right ugly fight while people hammer each other in hopes of furthering their own agendas. Erik Sherman, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2021 City officials said the donnybrook between FirstEnergy and Cleveland Public Power has spanned several years, both inside and outside courtrooms, fights that are likely to continue. John Caniglia, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2021 Wilson then followed up his battering of Buchnevich by body-slamming Artemiy Panarin to the ice during the ensuing donnybrook. Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 May 2021 What followed is a legal donnybrook that has the region’s top law firms fighting to keep documents about the hospital under seal. John Caniglia, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2021 But in the partisan donnybrook surrounding the bill’s passage, little attention was paid to the fact that the benefits cut off at the margin rather than sloping down. The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021 On top of this, the legislatures appointing electors would trigger a historic donnybrook in Congress, which considers objections to electoral ballots under the Electoral Count Act of 1887. Rich Lowry, National Review, 13 Nov. 2020 The other Senate race in Georgia is a donnybrook featuring eight Democrats, six Republicans, five independents, and one from the Libertarian and Green Party. al, 27 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Donnybrook Fair, annual Irish event known for its brawls

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Geographical Definition

Donnybrook

geographical name

Don·​ny·​brook ˈdä-nē-ˌbru̇k How to pronounce Donnybrook (audio)
city in the province of Leinster, eastern Ireland

Note: Donnybrook is a southeastern suburb of Dublin.

donnybrook

noun

1
as in brawl
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people a dozen people were arrested after the donnybrook at the stadium

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • brawl
  • fracas
  • clash
  • altercation
  • melee
  • ruckus
  • affray
  • mêlée
  • skirmish
  • fray
  • fisticuffs
  • tussle
  • row
  • rough-and-tumble
  • scuffle
  • broil
  • ruction
  • free-for-all
  • battle
  • argument
  • squabble
  • horseplay
  • dispute
  • spat
  • contest
  • scrimmage
  • conflict
  • roughhousing
  • quarrel
  • combat
  • tiff
  • struggle
  • wrangle
  • scrap
  • handgrips
  • hassle
  • kickup
2
as in altercation
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions the kind of hot-button issue that inevitably creates a donnybrook in the halls of the statehouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • altercation
  • dispute
  • quarrel
  • controversy
  • fight
  • disagreement
  • brawl
  • argument
  • bicker
  • squabble
  • imbroglio
  • skirmish
  • misunderstanding
  • spat
  • contretemps
  • row
  • tiff
  • disputation
  • debate
  • feud
  • clash
  • set-to
  • wrangle
  • tussle
  • argle-bargle
  • battle royal
  • rhubarb
  • falling-out
  • argy-bargy
  • cross fire
  • tangle
  • kickup
  • fisticuffs
  • difference
  • fracas
  • scrap
  • vendetta
  • hassle
  • protest
  • catfight
  • logomachy
  • run-in
  • attack
  • dissention
  • contention
  • dissension
  • melee
  • objection
  • affray
  • fuss
  • mêlée
  • protestation
  • fray
  • free-for-all
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