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Definitions

at loggerheads

ADJECTIVE
belligerent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aggressive antagonistic bellicose combative contentious hostile ornery quarrelsome
STRONG
fighting flip mean militant
WEAK
ardent battling cantankerous fierce have a bone to pick have chip on shoulder have it in for hot hot-tempered on the outs pugnacious scrappy truculent warlike
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agreeable calm friendly kind peaceful
STRONG
peaceloving
WEAK
cooperative helping nice
ADJECTIVE
quarreling
Synonyms
STRONG
conflicting disputing
WEAK
at odds at variance
ADJECTIVE
scrappy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aggressive combative fierce ornery
WEAK
antagonistic ardent battling bellicose cantankerous contentious fighting flip have a bone to pick have chip on shoulder have it in for hostile hot hot-tempered mean militant on the outs pugnacious quarrelsome truculent warlike
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm peaceful

Example Sentences

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The government of President Emmanuel Macron has been at loggerheads with Shein for weeks after French authorities said they had found illicit products being sold on the platform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

The two sides had been at loggerheads over a fee to allow British defence firms to access an enhanced share of loans issued under the pact.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

With all three parties at loggerheads, Fiba sent in a taskforce in August to investigate "regulatory non-compliance" in British basketball.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

The government had already been at loggerheads with Junts in other parliamentary votes and negotiated its support on a case-by-case basis.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

No doubt we’ll be at loggerheads again pretty soon.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan