brandish

brandish is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.
2. noun. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.
3. noun. A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc.
4. noun. the act of waving

   Synonyms: flourish

5. verb. move or swing back and forth

   "She waved her gun"

   Synonyms: flourish, wave

6. verb. exhibit aggressively

   "brandish a sword"

Synonyms

flourish, wave

Common word forms

brandished, brandisher, brandishes, brandishing

Words from these letters

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