noun
- a noisy fight or quarrel, especially in a public place
Usage: formal; legal
verb
- to frighten or alarm someone
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The police were called to break up an affray outside the nightclub.
- Several people were arrested following the affray in the town square.
- The court charged him with causing an affray during the protest.
- Witnesses described the affray as lasting only a few minutes.
- The sudden noise affrayed the horses in the stable.
- She was affrayed by the strange sounds coming from the attic.