fighting

[fahy-ting]

adjective

1. fit to fight.

   a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.

2. tending or meant to stir up a fight or hostility.

   fighting words.

Other Word Forms

• unfighting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fighting¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; fight + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Even if diplomacy brings a truce rather than an enduring peace, stopping the fighting on almost any terms looks better than prolonging a war that grows ever more desperate.

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No one wants the war to end more than the Ukrainians who are fighting and dying.

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"I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day," the statement continued.

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“I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day,” she said.

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Above it, you had a fighting chance,” he says.

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Related Words

• bloodshed 
• combat 
• conflict 
• dispute 
• exchange 
• hostility 
• melee 
• riot 
• scuffle 
• strife 
• struggle 
• war 
• warfare