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disputed
adjective as in controversial
adjective as in opposed
Strong matches
adjective as in opposed/opposing
Weak matches
- against the grain
 - allergic
 - anti
 - antipathetic
 - antithetical
 - antonymous
 - at cross-purposes
 - at odds
 - averse
 - battling
 - clashing
 - combating
 - conflicting
 - confronting
 - contrary
 - controverting
 - counter
 - crossing
 - defending
 - defensive
 - denying
 - disagreeing
 - disputing
 - dissentient
 - enemy
 - exposing
 - facing
 - gainsaying
 - hostile
 - in opposition
 - incompatible
 - inimical
 - irreconcilable
 - objecting
 - obstructive
 - opposite
 - protesting
 - repelling
 - restrictive
 - rival
 - up against
 - warring
 
adjective as in oppositional
Weak matches
- adversarial
 - adverse
 - against the grain
 - allergic
 - antagonistic
 - anti
 - antipathetic
 - antithetical
 - antonymous
 - at cross-purposes
 - at odds
 - averse
 - battling
 - clashing
 - combating
 - conflicting
 - confronting
 - contrary
 - controverting
 - counter
 - crossing
 - defending
 - defensive
 - denying
 - disagreeing
 - disputing
 - dissentient
 - enemy
 - exposing
 - facing
 - gainsaying
 - hostile
 - in opposition
 - incompatible
 - inimical
 - irreconcilable
 - objecting
 - obstructive
 - opposed
 - opposite
 - protesting
 - repelling
 - restrictive
 - rival
 - up against
 - warring
 
adjective as in unanswered
Example Sentences
Marshals Service, which leads the task force, did not respond to specific questions about Williams’ experience but disputed accounts of Black residents being harassed.
The Democratic Unitary Platform remains split between a pressure wing and a participation wing after the disputed vote.
In the 1970s and ’80s, China forcibly seized from Vietnam several features in the Spratlys and the Paracel Islands, another disputed archipelago further north, in battles that claimed the lives of dozens of Vietnamese troops.
The Philippines signed a visiting forces agreement with Canada on Sunday, the latest in a series of pacts aimed at countering Beijing's assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea.
What happened once they went inside is disputed by the two men.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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