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Adjective
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Engaged in war
conflicting
hostile
belligerent
contending
fighting
clashing
opposed
warlike
aggressive
antagonistic
at war
battling
combatant
competing
embattled
martial
militant
opposing
pugnacious
quarrelingUS
quarrellingUK
quarrelsome
warmongering
bellicose
combative
ill-disposed
rival
sparring
at daggers drawn
at loggerheads
more ❯
“The warring factions got wind of what he was going to do.”
Adjective
▲
Fond of, or prone to, quarreling
quarrelsome
argumentative
contentious
belligerent
combative
disputatious
pugnacious
confrontational
antagonistic
bellicose
irascible
irritable
litigious
petulant
cantankerous
disputative
fiery
fractious
militant
truculent
agonistic
captious
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
choleric
defiant
factious
feisty
gladiatorial
hostile
scrappy
discordant
snappy
threatening
aggressive
assaultive
battling
brawly
chippy
controversial
cross
dissentious
fighting
grouchy
hotheaded
peevish
pettish
polemic
polemical
querulous
warlike
arguesome
arsey
bickering
crabby
huffy
ructious
stroppy
tempestuous
wrangling
brawling
churlish
difficult
excitable
impassioned
ornery
passionate
touchy
turbulent
unruly
violent
war
ill-tempered
quick-tempered
thin-skinned
bad-tempered
hot-tempered
ready for a fight
have chip on shoulder
grumbling
mean
complaining
fault-finding
ill-humoredUS
ill-humouredUK
awkward
cranky
grumpy
uptight
sulky
ratty
fretful
surly
huffish
disgruntled
moody
impatient
sullen
whingy
discontented
snappish
splenetic
crabbed
narky
pouty
sour
tetchy
whining
soreheaded
snarky
displeased
peckish
crotchety
eggy
whiny
crybaby
ungracious
crusty
shrewish
snippy
snippety
pouting
miffy
waspish
stuffy
carping
mardy
out of humor
mumpish
venomous
raspy
vindictive
nasty
sorehead
spiteful
short-tempered
out of sorts
ill-natured
in a bad mood
troublesome
catty
nagging
scolding
rancorous
snide
criticizingUS
backbiting
cattish
sharp-tongued
criticisingUK
vixenish
tense
temperamental
critical
glum
curt
unsociable
gruff
volatile
sensitive
shirty
bristly
ireful
brusque
misanthropic
cynical
bitter
oversensitive
harsh
obstinate
bilious
pertinacious
dyspeptic
hypercritical
miserable
uncooperative
exasperated
snarling
resentful
curmudgeonly
acrimonious
peppery
gloomy
bearish
annoyed
iracund
tough
liverish
fussy
brooding
iracundulous
waxy
morose
snaky
scratchy
edgy
waspy
grousing
on edge
dissatisfied
acrid
trying
dour
griping
acid
growling
malicious
fretting
vinegary
short
whingeing
childish
tart
sharp
hasty
malignant
saturnine
sore
obstreperous
blunt
cussed
chuffy
out of humour
ugly
out of temper
cross-grained
having got out of bed on the wrong side
nasty-tempered
like a bear with a sore head
hot under the collar
on a short fuse
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
as cross as two sticks
in a mood
having got out of bed the wrong side
short-fused
easily offended
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions
factional
contentious
sectarian
conflicting
dissident
divisive
partisan
rebellious
rival
turbulent
litigious
malcontent
mutinous
seditious
tumultuous
disputatious
insurrectionary
refractory
troublemaking
disaffected
discordant
dissenting
schismatic
separatist
insubordinate
insurgent
factious
defiant
revolutionary
contumacious
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations
ambivalent
equivocal
conflicting
contradictory
doubtful
fluctuating
inconclusive
irresolute
mixed
uncertain
undecided
unresolved
unsure
vacillating
wavering
hesitating
torn
clashing
conflicted
confused
debatable
equivocating
hazy
hesitant
indecisive
muddled
opposed
opposing
vague
iffy
in two minds
unclear
in a dilemma
in a quandary
on the fence
blowing hot and cold
on the horns of a dilemma
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
oppositional
repelling
adversarial
adverse
allergic
antagonistic
anti
antipathetic
antithetical
antonymous
averse
battling
clashing
combating
conflicting
confronting
contrary
controverting
counter
crossing
defending
defensive
denying
disagreeing
disputed
disputing
dissentient
enemy
exposing
facing
gainsaying
hostile
incompatible
inimical
irreconcilable
objecting
obstructive
opposed
opposite
protesting
restrictive
rival
against the grain
at cross-purposes
at odds
in opposition
up against
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Acting at variance with one's own principles or former behaviour
inconsistent
changeable
inconstant
unpredictable
unstable
variable
capricious
contradictory
erratic
fickle
irregular
fluctuating
uneven
unsteady
mercurial
unsettled
varying
changing
paradoxical
volatile
changeful
conflicting
contrary
flighty
incompatible
self-contradictory
unreliable
whimsical
chameleonic
chameleon-like
discordant
ever-changing
flickery
fluid
incoherent
incongruous
irreconcilable
mutable
protean
skittish
temperamental
uncertain
undependable
discrepant
fluctuant
labile
vagarious
dissonant
illogical
incongruent
lubricious
shifting
at odds
up and down
blowing hot and cold
in conflict
at variance
out of step
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or displaying a strong desire to be more successful than others
competitive
ambitious
aggressive
combative
driven
contentious
cutthroat
determined
emulous
keen
bloodthirsty
fierce
gladiatorial
motivated
pushy
thirsty
vying
zealous
competing
desirous
driving
feisty
hungry
ruthless
scrappy
spirited
antagonistic
carnivorous
insistent
opposing
oppositional
pushing
warlike
go-getting
gung ho
two-fisted
go-ahead
hard-driving
on the warpath
having killer instinct
spoiling for a fight
ready for action
militaristic
militant
hostile
warmongering
military
hawkish
agonistic
imperialistic
offensive
colonialistic
expansionist
sabre-rattling
violent
belligerent
trigger-happy
fire-eating
martial
assaultive
more ❯
Noun
▲
A hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties
confrontation
conflict
contest
face-off
battle
encounter
fight
clash
head-to-head
set-to
brush
duel
showdown
skirmish
collision
crisis
engagement
meeting
tangle
combat
competition
contention
dogfight
dust-up
fighting
grapple
hostilities
incident
match
rivalry
run-in
strife
struggle
sweep-stake
sweepstakes
tug-of-war
war
warfare
afters
boilover
rencounter
shindig
shindy
affray
ball game
dispute
high noon
hostility
debate
discord
race
controversy
striving
beef
action
static
rumble
wrangle
emulation
go
altercation
turf war
battle royal
more ❯
Verb
▲
Contending for a title or championship
in contention
challenging
competing
contending
contesting
striving
struggling
vying
battling
fighting
grappling
in competition
tussling
up there
in the running
in with a shout
combating
combatting
clashing
feuding
campaigning
quarrellingUK
quarrelingUS
attacking
wrangling
engaging
tilting
encountering
going to war
taking the field
skirmishing
wrestling
scuffling
brawling
confronting
scrapping
duellingUK
duelingUS
assaulting
conflicting
meeting
sparring
scrimmaging
arguing
altercating
tangling
disputing
exchanging blows
mounting an attack
crusading
jousting
jostling
racing
squabbling
mixing it up
bickering
coming into conflict
engaging in conflict
having a punch-up
having a dust-up
having a fight
rowing
rivallingUK
rivalingUS
opposing
facing
giving battle
boxing
roughhousing
tugging
fighting for Queen and country
exchanging blows with
carrying on war
fighting for King and country
trying
bucking
grating
galling
fretting
trading punches
quibbling
raising Cain
banging heads
colliding
romping
fighting a duel
going out
vying with
duking it out
tackling
manhandling
tourneying
slugging
raising fists
putting up a fight
starting fighting
going up against
bumping heads
cuffing
going for each other
slugging it out
having a row
tussling with
scrapping with
closing with
engaging with
doing battle with
battling with
struggling with
coming to blows with
breaking
overthrowing
breaking a lance
entering the lists
warring with
bearing arms against
rassling
exerting
essaying
straining
endeavoringUS
grunting
working
getting to grips
coming to grips
endeavouringUK
stoushing
swedging
assaulting each other
protecting
laying into
taking all comers
racing against
plying weapons
lighting to
sparring with
scrimmaging with
punching each other
racing with
going the knuckle
tasting battle
hitting each other
taking up the gauntlet
attacking each other
traversing
locking antlers
flaring up
warring against
fighting like Kilkenny cats
bandying with
brushing with
having a set-to
emulating
controverting
litigating
pushing
standing
coping
withstanding
resisting
running
oppugning
putting up with
going for it
jockeying for position
going after
going for jugular
putting yourself forward
going head to head
making play for
mixing it up with
pushing for
shooting at
nominating yourself
scrambling for
giving all one's got
going for broke
having at
going for
shooting for
giving one's all
knocking oneself out
dealing with
tangling with
more ❯
“My kids often war with each other over the most frivolous of matters.”
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