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What is another word for
bone of contention
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Noun
Difference of opinion
A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation
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 grievance or grudge
A doubt about the truth or validity of something
Adjective
Capable of being mooted
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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
live issue
knotty problem
sensitive issue
tricky problem
pass the parcel
hot potato
“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
▲
A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation
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
hassle
run-in
wrangle
contention
fight
controversy
debate
spat
bickering
scrap
set-to
tiff
rhubarb
donnybrook
bicker
brawl
words
wrangling
fuss
bone to pick
strife
disputation
contretemps
barney
argumentation
kickup
face-off
bust-up
imbroglio
rammy
afters
shouting match
ding-dong
argle-bargle
argy-bargy
dissent
flap
brush
blowup
exchange
go
shindy
rumpus
slanging match
cross fire
scene
battle royal
war of words
static
bone
contest
combat
war
confrontation
warfare
discussion
dust-up
arguing
broil
fracas
miff
disaccord
squabbling
discourse
dissidence
quarrelling
UK
disunity
difference
polemic
ruction
flak
brannigan
dustup
romp
knock down and drag out
back-and-forth
stew
quarreling
US
ruckus
verbal fight
falling out
flare-up
disturbance
hubbub
sparring
commotion
brouhaha
powwow
uproar
conversation
bagarre
shindig
verbal sparring
fireworks
exchange of views
squall
refuting
rebutting
irreconcilable difference
contestation
faction
word
knockdown
defence
UK
out
defense
US
finisher
speech
talking heads
screed
crusher
plea
difficulty
gin
falling
competition
rivalry
struggle
battle
dogfight
sweepstakes
tug-of-war
sweep-stake
duel
match
grapple
opposition
protest
discordance
resistance
defiance
dissention
nonconformism
disapproval
demur
remonstrance
nonconformity
rebellion
dissonance
disharmony
discordancy
nonagreement
insubordination
division
inharmony
disunion
schism
variance
nonconcurrence
ball game
denial
split
infighting
refusal
clinker
misbelief
sour note
lack of agreement
gainstriving
belligerency
gainstrife
ruck
acrimonious exchange
embroilment
collieshangie
rumble
threap
bit of argy-bargy
tussle
affray
fray
scuffle
skirmish
free-for-all
melee
punch-up
scrimmage
bunfight
fisticuffs
scrum
tangle
stand-up
riot
tumult
biffo
encounter
swedge
tracasseries
tracasserie
rough-and-tumble
stoush
roughhouse
hostility
bout
disorder
joust
engagement
knock-down-drag-out
rough and tumble
sparring match
boilover
exchange of blows
duke out
breach of the peace
breach
yike
scrape
angry exchange
passage of arms
passage at arms
trouble
clamour
UK
clamor
US
square go
head-to-head
vendetta
scrabble
throes
physical encounter
stooshie
fist fight
wrestling match
power struggle
armed conflict
talking-to
blow-off
wrestling bout
nasty fight
dust
catfight
complaint
knock-down drag-out
agitation
upset
whirl
turmoil
try
bangarang
temper
aggro
enmity
tantrum
huff
wax
pet
sulk
foulie
bitterness
alienation
estrangement
kerfuffle
ruffle
scramble
fit
blood feud
ill humour
petty quarrel
mix up
separation
bad mood
fit of pique
bad blood
grudge
revenge
fit of ill humour
jam
tug of war
grind
undertaking
to-do
round
rupture
rift
boxing match
crusade
campaign
family feud
attack
prize fight
fighting
meeting
onslaught
blitzkreig
action
assault
sortie
press
carnage
barrage
hostilities
onset
bloodshed
push
movement
collision
bombing
shoot-out
military fight
significant contact
mill
free fight
rough house
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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
football
hot potato
discussion
thesis
text
field
content
focus
motif
essence
concept
motive
proposition
thread
gist
thought
resolution
division
area
keynote
proposal
idea
motion
material
leitmotif
theorem
head
substance
moot point
matter at hand
matter in hand
field of inquiry
principal object
field of reference
area under discussion
consideration
scenario
aspect
article
report
account
story
state
detail
blurb
feature
news
information
entity
part
piece of information
body
particular
portion
form
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
protest
beef
gripe
grumble
moan
criticism
grouse
objection
whinge
grouch
protestation
charge
problem
quibble
plaint
cavil
lament
down
squawk
bitterness
whimper
carp
niggle
miserere
umbrage
yammer
whine
bleat
wail
fuss
rancour
UK
murmur
holler
pique
kvetch
ill feeling
hard feeling
bad feeling
rigor
US
sorrow
trial
rancor
US
ill-treatment
roar
case
grief
rap
unhappiness
howl
jeremiad
yell
bellyache
rigour
UK
rumble
distress
knock
flack
hardship
hoo-ha
trouble
affliction
violence
pain
cross
tribulation
blast
stink
kick
infringement
ax to grind
big stink
cause of distress
pain in the bum
pain in the backside
pain in the neck
chip on your shoulder
pain in the rear
revolt
disapproval
demurral
dissent
outcry
challenge
exception
expostulation
remonstration
opposition
demur
remonstrance
railing
disagreement
demurrer
inveighing
question
fulmination
clamour
UK
blackball
flak
turmoil
tumult
riot
declaration
clamor
US
campaign
formal complaint
work-to-rule
more ❯
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
protestation
criticism
grievance
opposition
carping
dissent
griping
grousing
scruple
qualm
squabble
quarrel
issue
query
dissuasion
recalcitrance
niggling
compunction
reproof
cavilling
UK
unwillingness
misgivings
caviling
US
boggling
reproach
petition
rebuke
civil disobedience
protesting
whining
murmuring
fault-finding
moaning
grumbling
muttering
beefing
whingeing
disapproval
condemnation
dissatisfaction
fulmination
outcry
moan
grumble
contest
grouching
mithering
bellyaching
nitpicking
grouse
gripe
whine
beef
grouch
whinge
disagreement
defiance
wail
lament
confrontation
interrogation
kvetch
carp
scepticism
UK
contradiction
conflict
murmur
whimper
plaint
yammer
holler
test of
resistance
rebellion
stand against
questioning of
squawk
miserere
cavil
argument against
quibble
censure
difficulty with
skepticism
US
disobedience
bleat
tantrum
outburst
bickering
hysterics
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Capable of being mooted
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
equivocal
ambiguous
indefinite
indeterminate
dodgy
dubitable
disputed
suspect
obscure
inexact
indistinct
confused
imprecise
cryptic
enigmatic
open
hazy
yet to be decided
fishy
mysterious
clouded
vexed
indecisive
undefined
speculative
open to discussion
in the balance
ill-defined
queer
suspicious
pending
shady
shaky
unconcluded
at issue
arcane
inexplicit
abstruse
unreliable
contended
hot-button
murky
unascertained
indistinguishable
opaque
in question
debated
marginal
delicate
disputatious
polemical
dicey
ambivalent
polemic
difficult
nebulous
unproven
confusing
awkward
dark
untrustworthy
shadowy
in limbo
enigmatical
weak
provocative
apocryphal
unsound
vacillating
undependable
spurious
equivocating
occult
flimsy
not definite
contingent
hidden
unclassifiable
undisclosed
outstanding
up for grabs
touch-and-go
concealed
unlikely
inscrutable
tentative
open to argument
peripheral
frontier
bordering
blear
divisive
sensitive
insecure
at risk
emotive
tendentious
conjectural
argumentative
hinky
mystic
deep
elliptical
debateable
unsubstantiated
tenuous
scrappy
quarrelsome
paradoxical
Delphic
elliptic
hot
under discussion
notorious
heated
unforeseeable
incalculable
fuliginous
open to suspicion
suppositive
unsupported
unreasonable
suppositious
hesitant
muffled
double-edged
unverified
unprovable
critical
intangible
indiscernible
irresolute
wavering
far from certain
sub judice
elusive
blurred
fuzzy
under advisement
not obvious
under examination
hypothetical
irregular
neutral
mixed
dishonest
strange
odd
gray
US
grey
UK
neither fish nor fowl
neither one thing nor the other
phony
US
funny
farfetched
unusual
corrupt
peculiar
shonky
criminal
different
phoney
UK
ongoing
in contention
thorny
ticklish
sticky
knotty
taxing
of doubtful honesty
not quite right
too much
out of line
rings untrue
under suspicion
won't wash
not kosher
hairy
troublesome
fractious
tricky
much debated
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