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What is another word for
bone of contention
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▲
Noun
Difference of opinion
An issue that causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail
A state of affairs, action, or belief which is an enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction
Celebrated case
A conflict of interest or a dispute
A topic in dispute, or up for debate
A direct confrontation or competition between (usually two) teams or groups
A grievance or grudge
A doubt about the truth or validity of something
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
Adjective
Open to discussion or argument
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▲
Noun
▲
Difference of opinion
difference
difficulty
hurdle
obstacle
altercation
apple of discord
argument
beef
conflict
controversy
debate
disagreement
dispute
grounds for war
issue
matter at hand
point in question
problem
sore point
sticking point
tender spot
“In the last century the same conflicts led to the First World War and continued to be a
bone of contention
throughout the Second.”
Noun
▲
An issue that causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail
deal-breaker
sticking point
stumbling block
barrier
deadlock
hindrance
impasse
impediment
obstacle
obstruction
snag
hurdle
handicap
drawback
hitch
bar
difficulty
catch
problem
complication
disadvantage
restriction
limitation
hiccup
facer
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
block
deterrent
trammel
stop
encumbrance
balk
US
restraint
baulk
UK
defect
weakness
pitfall
let
drag
clog
fetter
interference
manacle
crimp
shackles
cramp
chain
inhibition
embarrassment
holdback
setback
blockage
barricade
catch-22
check
curb
hazard
preventive
cumber
pale
burden
impedance
hamper
cumbrance
monkey wrench
blockade
bump
hang-up
hampering
disincentive
inconvenience
millstone
baggage
albatross
hardship
ball and chain
glitch
booby trap
jam-up
uphill
mountain to climb
gridlock
interruption
joker
rub
issue
discouragement
delay
holdup
stone in one's path
road block
stumbling stone
disbenefit
complaint
Noun
▲
A state of affairs, action, or belief which is an enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction
sore point
bone to pick
point of contention
hurdle
difficulty
difference
obstacle
tender spot
dispute
argument
issue
disagreement
apple of discord
beef
point in question
sticking point
controversy
debate
matter at hand
problem
altercation
grounds for war
conflict
Noun
▲
Celebrated case
cause celebre
hot potato
talk of the town
uproar
affair
celebrated case
controversial case
controversial issue
controversy
debate
fuss
grist for the gossip mill
matter of the moment
moot point
political football
rumour
UK
rumor
US
scandal
topic of the day
war of words
Noun
▲
A conflict of interest or a dispute
problem
dispute
clash
conflict
disagreement
argument
discord
feud
conflict of interest
friction
misunderstanding
objection
peeve
quarrel
row
squabble
beef
dissension
turf war
difference of opinion
falling-out
altercation
run-in
wrangle
fight
tiff
spat
controversy
contretemps
brawl
scrap
debate
donnybrook
bickering
barney
bicker
rhubarb
hassle
kickup
imbroglio
words
fuss
afters
rammy
bust-up
shouting match
slanging match
cross fire
battle royal
war of words
ding-dong
argle-bargle
set-to
argy-bargy
contention
fracas
disputation
broil
argumentation
exchange
miff
squabbling
brush
flap
shindy
rumpus
blowup
go
dust-up
back-and-forth
confrontation
contest
combat
rumble
ruck
threap
collieshangie
embroilment
acrimonious exchange
bit of argy-bargy
flare-up
arguing
discourse
discussion
disturbance
hubbub
wrangling
sparring
commotion
brouhaha
powwow
uproar
conversation
quarrelling
UK
bagarre
polemic
shindig
verbal sparring
fireworks
exchange of views
squall
refuting
quarreling
US
rebutting
strife
dissent
irreconcilable difference
scene
verbal fight
ruction
brannigan
face-off
dustup
romp
falling out
knock down and drag out
static
bone to pick
stew
bone
ruckus
tussle
skirmish
battle
struggle
affray
scuffle
fray
bunfight
war
tangle
scrimmage
tumult
encounter
stand-up
scrum
scrape
vendetta
tracasseries
tracasserie
dissidence
fisticuffs
difference
angry exchange
blow-off
knock-down drag-out
passage of arms
passage at arms
clamour
UK
upset
whirl
turmoil
agitation
try
clamor
US
free-for-all
jarring
disharmony
hostility
rupture
clashing
ill will
opposition
antagonism
split
ill feeling
tension
animosity
competition
duel
match
warfare
engagement
dogfight
rivalry
grapple
sweepstakes
polemics
collision
race
rencounter
striving
tug-of-war
ball game
sweep-stake
breach
yike
biffo
disapproval
pettifoggery
dust
difficulty
catfight
complaint
more ❯
Noun
▲
A topic in dispute, or up for debate
issue
matter
subject
topic
concern
point
question
affair
case
controversy
dispute
situation
business
circumstance
contention
argument
goings-on
matter in question
matter of contention
point at issue
point in question
point of departure
proceeding
puzzle
talking point
theme
thing
can of worms
item
occasion
subject matter
problem
hot potato
football
discussion
thesis
text
field
content
focus
motif
essence
concept
motive
proposition
thread
gist
thought
resolution
division
area
keynote
proposal
idea
motion
material
difficulty
leitmotif
theorem
head
substance
moot point
sensitive issue
tricky issue
live issue
tricky problem
knotty problem
matter at hand
matter in hand
field of inquiry
principal object
field of reference
area under discussion
consideration
detail
particular
aspect
element
specific
core
feature
respect
event
thrust
object
fact
particularity
information
undertaking
piece of information
point of contention
plot
factor
premise
drift
storyline
facet
characteristic
direction
burden
nicety
datum
message
sense
view
trope
opinion
title
study
statement
position
part
news
line
meaning
scenario
regard
portion
query
enigma
chapter
class
meat
task
debate
minutia
reference
stuff
through-line
bearing
ideas
summary
contents
category
mystery
relation
connection
intention
denotation
import
significance
signification
intent
transaction
focus of attention
subject of thought
precis
abstract
synopsis
story
article
report
account
purport
enquiry
UK
grievance
inquiry
US
complication
component
state
blurb
entity
outline
attribute
form
body
talk
fine point
perspective
ingredient
info
technicality
angle
data
slant
trait
specification
point of view
viewpoint
specialization
US
specialisation
UK
score
nitty-gritty
itemized information
line of reasoning
gen
dope
low-down
tenor
strain
theory
hypothesis
research topic
supposition
focal point
happening
occurrence
experience
incident
action
sequence
assumption
presumption
surmise
interest
quandary
predicament
challenge
episode
eventuality
phenomenon
interlude
adventure
notion
belief
postulation
dissertation
major
pointer
deets
circumstantial
instance
vocabulary
to-do
jam
quagmire
conundrum
pickle
catch-22
dilemma
hitch
puzzlement
hole
mire
catch
crux
stumper
pitfall
snag
train of thought
postulate
hanky-panky
carrying on
set of circumstances
context
lexicon
posit
contestation
principle
apriorism
presupposition
sentiment
story line
full meaning
full text
frame of reference
contextual relationship
line of argument
more ❯
Noun
▲
A direct confrontation or competition between (usually two) teams or groups
contention
battle
combat
competition
conflict
contest
rivalry
strife
struggle
war
confrontation
dogfight
duel
face-off
grapple
match
sweep-stake
sweepstakes
tug-of-war
warfare
ball game
altercation
beef
belligerency
controversy
debate
difference
disaccord
dissent
dissidence
disunity
fight
flak
gainstrife
gainstriving
hassle
quarrel
run-in
scene
scrap
set-to
squabble
static
wrangle
wrangling
bone to pick
disagreement
opposition
protest
objection
defiance
discordance
resistance
discord
dissention
friction
nonconformism
argument
disapproval
demur
dissension
remonstrance
nonconformity
disharmony
discordancy
dispute
rebellion
dissonance
nonagreement
insubordination
schism
division
inharmony
quarrelling
UK
disunion
variance
nonconcurrence
arguing
split
infighting
denial
spat
refusal
bickering
clinker
misbelief
quarreling
US
bone
sour note
difference of opinion
lack of agreement
more ❯
Noun
▲
A grievance or grudge
score
grievance
dispute
grudge
reckoning
resentment
complaint
injustice
wrong
injury
turf war
axe to grind
bone to pick
crow to pluck
Noun
▲
A doubt about the truth or validity of something
question
doubt
uncertainty
challenge
controversy
debate
objection
problem
argument
complaint
confusion
demurral
dubiousness
protest
remonstrance
concern
contention
demur
dispute
dubiety
exception
expostulation
fuss
misgiving
reservation
anxiety
demurrer
difficulty
hesitation
remonstration
stink
question mark
kick
disapproval
criticism
grievance
gripe
quibble
cavil
dissatisfaction
reproach
clamour
UK
clamor
US
accusation
condemnation
charge
annoyance
yike
representation
peep
guff
twine
jeremiad
rumble
statement of dissatisfaction
fault-finding
more ❯
Noun
▲
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
polemic
criticism
denunciation
harangue
tirade
invective
abuse
attack
admonition
admonishment
castigation
broadside
condemnation
rebuke
diatribe
rant
philippic
reprimand
brickbats
reproval
stricture
slating
knocking
upbraiding
denouncement
reproof
argument
blast
dispute
tongue-lashing
verbal onslaught
stream of abuse
bone to pick
censure
vituperation
obloquy
vilification
fulmination
revilement
berating
reproach
flak
battering
jeremiad
assault
lecture
bashing
sideswipe
scurrility
contumely
billingsgate
reviling
brickbat
railing
vitriol
decrying
insult
blame
onslaught
swipe
discourse
angry exchange
sermon
swearing
curses
expletives
insults
screed
recrimination
outburst
malediction
anger
ranting
philippics
swear words
bad language
accusation
foul language
blasphemy
sarcasm
execration
counterblast
epithet
persecution
rocket
malevolence
scolding
panning
slagging
jibe
wigging
earful
confrontation
libel
traducement
slander
caning
pugnacity
denigration
defilement
bollocking
carpeting
offense
US
rollicking
indignity
combativeness
derision
roasting
calumniation
insolence
disagreement
belligerence
disapproval
impugnment
slur
offence
UK
aspersions
calumny
defamation
disparagement
bad press
dressing-down
character assassination
verbal assault
telling-off
ticking off
rap over the knuckles
stick
excoriation
opprobrium
objurgation
chiding
bad-mouthing
slagging off
lambasting
verbal
slamming
verbal abuse
fault-finding
animadversion
chastisement
remonstrance
talking-to
rap
derogation
dressing down
scurrilousness
objection
aspersion
remonstration
deprecation
reprehension
knock
mud-slinging
rating
hostility
disapprobation
ticking-off
smear
commination
scorn
reprobation
roast
contempt
nitpicking
riot act
put down
bawling-out
discredit
verbal attack
serve
critique
cursing
slam
slurs
venom
backbiting
detraction
slap on the wrist
talking to
slap
hit
sledge
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
pan
faultfinding
carping
cavilling
UK
cavil
arraignment
caviling
US
signifying
verbal disapproval
nit-picking
speech
disquisition
exhortation
declamation
monologue
UK
disputation
spiel
row
complaints
warning
counsel
advice
depreciation
opposition
slap on the wrists
rap on the knuckles
dissatisfaction
odium
caution
blowing-up
monolog
US
ridicule
displeasure
belittlement
belittling
disdain
lessening
degradation
obscenity
slanderousness
indecency
jab
mocking comment
debasement
telling off
sideswipes
complaint
aggravation
hassle
scandal
coarseness
offensiveness
mocking
diminishment
stigmatization
US
implication
backstabbing
underestimation
abusiveness
infamousness
grossness
a bad press
admonishments
antagonism
animosity
inculpation
incrimination
indictment
prejudice
slandering
malice
evil-speaking
spitefulness
spite
fulminations
charge
stigmatisation
UK
upbraidment
smearing
damning
slights
raps
knocks
enmity
rubbishing
cattiness
indignities
jibes
fire
ill will
rebukes
mauling
savaging
slanging
disrespect
rudeness
punishment
verbals
quinine
knifing
hosing
a slanging match
kicking around
trash talk
pushing around
name-calling
put-downs
a bawling-out
a bollocking
a wigging
a rocket
an earful
a row
a caning
a bashing
a rollicking
critical remarks
a roasting
examen
quibble
takedown
notice
captiousness
critical remark
cut
anvil chorus
call down
bad notice
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Open to discussion or argument
problematical
debatable
unpredictable
arguable
between rock and hard place
between sixes and sevens
betwixt and between
borderline
chancy
contestable
contested
disputable
doubtful
dubious
exceptionable
iffy
in dispute
moot
mootable
open to question
problematic
questionable
the jury's out
touch-and-go
uncertain
undecided
unsettled
up for discussion
controversial
contentious
vague
unsure
unclear
undetermined
inconclusive
unresolved
unconfirmed
unknown
controvertible
negotiable
subject to debate
doubtable
perplexing
puzzling
open to debate
issuable
riddling
in doubt
open to doubt
unestablished
up in the air
a moot point
a controversial subject
on ice
a live issue
not yet established
a matter of opinion
on the back burner
ambiguous
equivocal
indefinite
indeterminate
disputed
open
indistinct
pending
cryptic
enigmatic
obscure
dodgy
open to discussion
dubitable
vexed
confused
hazy
in the balance
indecisive
ambivalent
inexact
yet to be decided
nebulous
suspect
in limbo
mysterious
open to argument
imprecise
arcane
abstruse
enigmatical
inexplicit
speculative
undefined
unreliable
confusing
paradoxical
unconcluded
up for grabs
occult
clouded
at issue
hot-button
contended
ill-defined
inscrutable
unforeseeable
incalculable
dicey
mystic
ongoing
debated
unascertained
misleading
tentative
undependable
gray
US
grey
UK
indistinguishable
opaque
in question
double-edged
unanswered
Delphic
not definite
open for discussion
marginal
unproven
disputatious
polemical
polemic
unsound
unfinished
unintelligible
mixed
contingent
provocative
apocryphal
untrustworthy
gnomic
unfixed
shadowy
hairy
fractious
murky
sticky
unsolved
vacillating
equivocating
clear as mud
blurred
hesitant
irresolute
wavering
neither fish nor fowl
clear as dishwater
open-ended
in no man's land
waffling
in contention
to be decided
neither one thing nor the other
much debated
a debatable point
outstanding
suspicious
hinky
fishy
argumentative
unlikely
scrappy
quarrelsome
up to the individual
insecure
hidden
deep
elliptical
dual
dark
elliptic
undisclosed
fuzzy
sub judice
critical
fuliginous
risky
concealed
at risk
polysemous
polysemic
polysemantic
far from certain
blear
twofold
multivocal
conjectural
precarious
sketchy
pendent
not yet settled
unverified
unprovable
compromisable
yet to be settled
to be won or lost
in a state of limbo
not decided
in a state of uncertainty
double
unclassifiable
spurious
hanging by a thread
on thin ice
divisive
delicate
sensitive
difficult
flimsy
hypothetical
emotive
tendentious
oracular
ignored
neglected
awkward
debateable
two-edged
hot
notorious
heated
not obvious
unquestioned
unnoticed
unrefuted
unchallenged
under examination
under advisement
unconvincing
unproved
muffled
under discussion
intangible
indiscernible
weak
elusive
unsatisfying
unsatisfactory
inadequate
resolving nothing
lacking
incomplete
groundless
unfateful
unfounded
deficient
uneventful
proving nothing
leaving matters open
wishy-washy
neutral
uncommitted
impartial
hemming and hawing
divided
noncommittal
of two minds
running hot and cold
hedging your bets
in the middle
torn
not sure
on the fence
blowing hot and cold
left hanging
still open to question
still open to doubt
flexible
discussable
movable
exchangeable
convertible
variable
open to modification
subject to discussion
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