fracas
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fracas \Fra"cas\ (fr[=a]"kas; F. fr[.a]`k[aum]"; 277), n. [F.,
crash, din, tumult, It. fracasso, fr. fracassare to break in
pieces, perh. fr. fra within, among (L. infra) + cassare to
annul, cashier. Cf. {Cashier}, v. t.]
An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "fracas":
Bedlam let loose, ado, affray, altercation, argument, barney,
bedlam, bicker, bickering, blast, blood feud, bobbery, bother,
brannigan, brawl, broil, brouhaha, charivari, chirm, clamor,
clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, contention, controversy, din,
disagreement, discord, disorder, dispute, disturbance, donnybrook,
donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, embroilment, feud, fight,
flap, fliting, foofaraw, fray, free-for-all, fuss, hassle,
hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hubbub, hue and cry,
hullabaloo, imbroglio, jangle, knock-down-and-drag-out, logomachy,
loud noise, melee, noise, noise and shouting, open quarrel, outcry,
pandemonium, pell-mell, polemic, pother, quarrel, racket, rampage,
rattle, rhubarb, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row,
ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scramble, scrap,
scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, sharp words, shindy, shivaree,
slanging match, snarl, spat, squabble, stir, strife, thunder,
thunderclap, tiff, tintamarre, to-do, trouble, tumult, turmoil,
tussle, uproar, vendetta, words, wrangle
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