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synonyms for jousting
- battling
- belligerent
- boxing
- brawling
- contending
- determined
- fencing
- hostile
- martial
- militant
- skirmishing
- sparring
- tilting
- warmongering
- wrestling
- angry
- argumentative
- bellicose
- combative
- contentious
- disputatious
- disputative
- ferocious
- hawkish
- jingoistic
- militaristic
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- ready to fight
- resolute
- scrappy
- truculent
- unbeatable
- under arms
- up in arms
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How to use jousting in a sentence
Knights kissed at jousting tournaments and would receive one from the person they protected as thanks for a year of service.
You think the political jousting in the Senate Finance Committee is rough?
And so we went driving along again through a wonderful sea of deep blue rollers jousting on a grey ground.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson Young
The weight of jousting armour was so great that it was impossible for the wearer to mount without assistance.
Armour & Weapons | Charles John FfoulkesAs far as can be gathered from recent research the passe-guard is a reinforcing piece for the right elbow, used for jousting.
Armour & Weapons | Charles John FfoulkesThe jousting was very successful; though some were necessarily discomfited, almost every one contrived to obtain some distinction.
Endymion | Benjamin DisraeliHis extensive array of tilting and jousting suits was kept at Greenwich, and an inventory taken of them upon his death.
Armour in England | J. Starkie Gardner
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