Dueling [verb]
Definition of Dueling:
push away; repulse
Synonyms of Dueling:
● Confront
● Fend off
● Resist
● Rebuff
● Decline
● Refuse
● Cut
● Traverse
● Buck
● Cool
● Dismiss
● Duel
● Parry
● Rebut
● Oppose
● Reject
● Disown
● Fight
● Check
● Kick
● Dispute
● Put down
● Ward off
● Hold off
● Beat off
● Keep off
Opposite/Antonyms of Dueling:
● Draw
● Support
● Help
● Agree
● Approve
● Allow
● Accept
● Attract
● Assist
● Aid
● Sanction
● Increase
Sentence/Example of Dueling:
This was fighting, not dueling; and he beat the weapon down, snapping the blade near the hilt.
These single combats were the origin of the modern custom of dueling.
I utterly disapprove of and despise the practice of dueling, but, at any risk, I will stand between you and Major Keene.
In that day it was still the custom for gentlemen to settle questions of honor on the dueling field.
In spite of everything Don Rosendo's dueling energy excited emulation in the town.
We'll go on a pilgrimage from house to house, asking if any lady there has lost a night-cap and found a pair of dueling-pistols.'
Rupert picked up from the table a sword and a long-barrelled dueling pistol and led the way out onto the terrace.
Don Marcos had dined in the Caf de Paris, going over in his mind the various articles he should put in the dueling agreement.
Dueling is clearly out of vogue in this country and clearly illegal.
I ever regarded dueling as a barbarous and foolish way of settling a quarrel.