fracas
/ˈfɹækɑː/US/ˈfɹeɪkəs/
fracas noun: a noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
Noun
fracas (plural fracases or fracas)
- A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
- Fanny read to herself that “it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce to the world, a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr. R. of Wimpole Street; the beautiful Mrs. R. whose name had not long been enrolled in the lists of hymen, and who had promised to become so brilliant a...1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 281–282
- The Oregon-Northern California region had lost much of its population during the fracas of 1980; it had been heavily hit by Red Chinese guided missiles, and of course the clouds of fallout had blanketed it in the subsequent decade.1964, Philip K. Dick, The Simulacra, paperback edition, Vintage Books, published 2002, page 37
fracas meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
fracas in Tamil
- சண்டை, சந்தடி, பெருங்குழப்பம்
fracas in Bengali
- গোলমাল, ঝগড়া, কোলাহলপূর্ণ বিবাদ
fracas in Malayalam
- brawl, disturbance, melee
- ശണ്ഠ, കോലാഹലം, ലഹള, പട, വഴക്ക്, കലമ്പം
fracas in Kannada
- ಗದ್ದಲ, ಗುದ್ದಾಟ, ಗೊಂದಲ, ದೊಂಬಿ, ಹುಯಿಲು
Examples of fracas in a sentence
- Fanny read to herself that “it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce to the world, a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC...
- To the ranks of wonky risk management professionals who have toiled over the minutia of E.S.G. reports for decades now, the political fracas is perplexing.2023 February 28, David Gelles, “How E.S.G. Became Public Enemy No. 1 for Conservatives”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- But as a matter of corporate drama, the OpenAI fracas is above all a great example of why the incredibly boring-sounding term corporate governance is actually extremely important.2023 November 22, Derek Thompson, “The OpenAI Mess Is About One Big Thing”, in The Atlantic:
Synonyms of fracas
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Forms of fracas
| plural | fracases |
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| plural | fracas |
Origin of fracas
From French fracas, derived from fracasser, from Italian fracassare, from fra- + cassare, equivalent to Latin infra + quassare.
Questions about fracas
- What does fracas mean?
- Fracas means a noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
- What is fracas in Tamil?
- Fracas in Tamil is சண்டை, சந்தடி, பெருங்குழப்பம். See Fracas meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use fracas in a sentence?
- Fanny read to herself that “it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce to the world, a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr.
- What part of speech is fracas?
- Fracas is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fracas?
- Fracas is pronounced /ˈfɹækɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fracas?
- The plural of fracas is fracases.
Words near fracas in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fracas (page history and authors); fracas (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Fracas (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fracas (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fracas (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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