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Adjective
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Favoring confrontational or violent methods in support of a political or social cause
belligerent
combative
aggressive
antagonistic
hostile
militant
warlike
pugnacious
bellicose
battling
fighting
warmongering
quarrelsome
martial
conflicting
opposing
contending
competing
combatant
rival
clashing
quarrelingUS
quarrellingUK
opposed
embattled
sparring
at war
ill-disposed
at daggers drawn
at loggerheads
more ❯
“The warring factions got wind of what he was going to do.”
Adjective
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Of, or related to, a sect or faction, especially one that is dissenting
factional
partisan
dissident
dissenting
contentious
sectarian
separatist
conflicting
divisive
rebellious
rival
turbulent
schismatic
litigious
malcontent
mutinous
seditious
tumultuous
disputatious
insurrectionary
refractory
troublemaking
discordant
disaffected
divided
split
argumentative
disagreeing
quarrelsome
estranged
more ❯
Adjective
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Having a rebellious or aggressive streak or nature
unyielding
recalcitrant
intractable
disobedient
contrary
refractory
defiant
ungovernable
wayward
wilful
rebellious
insubordinate
obstreperous
unmanageable
unruly
difficult
willful
uncontrollable
balky
contumacious
untoward
rebel
uncooperative
froward
obstinate
unaccommodating
recusant
unreasonable
incompliant
obstructive
restive
disorderly
disobliging
bolshie
unamenable
stroppy
fractious
turbulent
disaffected
truculent
incorrigible
revolutionary
resistant
unobliging
discourteous
uncivil
unsympathetic
disagreeable
unfriendly
unpleasant
dissentient
malcontent
nonconformist
quarrelsome
rude
unamiable
uncongenial
contentious
ornery
anarchistic
bellicose
factious
iconoclastic
individualistic
militant
negativistic
pugnacious
threatening
treacherous
treasonable
insolent
disputatious
bloody-minded
passive-aggressive
ill-natured
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
facing
gainsaying
hostile
incompatible
inimical
irreconcilable
objecting
obstructive
opposed
opposite
protesting
rival
enemy
against the grain
at cross-purposes
at odds
in opposition
up against
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not compatible or in keeping with (something else)
inconsistent
incompatible
conflicting
incongruous
clashing
contradictory
discrepant
discordant
contrary
inconsonant
irreconcilable
disagreeing
inharmonious
repugnant
incongruent
dissonant
paradoxical
incoherent
at variance
at odds
mutually exclusive
in conflict
out of step
conflicting with
incompatible with
contrary to
opposed to
self-contradictory
in conflict with
at variance with
at odds with
different to
differing from
disagreeing with
irreconcilable with
oppugnant to
repugnant to
antithetical to
discordant with
discrepant with
incongruous with
in disagreement with
in opposition to
diametrically opposed to
disconsonant with
inconsonant with
not in accord with
not in harmony with
not in keeping with
out of keeping with
out of place with
out of step with
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Contending for a title or championship
in contention
challenging
competing
contending
contesting
striving
vying
battling
fighting
grappling
in competition
in the running
up there
Noun
▲
A hostile or violent situation or meeting between opposing parties
confrontation
conflict
battle
fight
contest
clash
struggle
combat
war
skirmish
warfare
competition
duel
encounter
dogfight
match
engagement
contention
strife
rivalry
grapple
affray
fighting
sweepstakes
brush
hostilities
dispute
hostility
meeting
afters
collision
shindig
rencounter
shindy
showdown
boilover
incident
tangle
crisis
face-off
tug-of-war
sweep-stake
dust-up
head-to-head
set-to
run-in
ball game
high noon
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to engage in a war
combatting
combating
fighting
battling
contending
struggling
striving
attacking
campaigning
clashing
feuding
grappling
quarrellingUK
quarrelingUS
wrangling
engaging
contesting
encountering
tilting
bombarding
challenging
shooting
doing battle
waging war
making war
clashing with
locking horns
taking on
campaigning against
going to war
grappling with
joining battle
skirmishing with
bearing arms
coming to blows
crossing swords
engaging in combat
engaging in hostilities
taking up arms
carrying on hostilities
conducting a war
setting to
marching against
taking the field
fighting like cat and dog
taking the field against
“My kids often war with each other over the most frivolous of matters.”
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