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Opposing
| Main Entry: |
opposing
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at variance |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, anti, conflicting, contending, opposite, rival |
| Antonyms: | allied |
| Main Entry: | adverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfavorable, antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | allergic to, conflicting, contrary, detrimental, disadvantageous, down on, down side, have no use for, inimical, injurious, inopportune, negative, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppugning, ornery*, reluctant, repugnant, stuffy, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, unwilling |
| Notes: | aversion is something that originates from within, whereas adversity is something that originates from without; adverse is usually applied to situations while averse is used to describe a person's attitude averse means reluctant or disinclined; adverse means hostile and antagonistic |
| Antonyms: | advantageous, aiding, auspicious, favorable, fortunate, helpful, lucky, propitious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | competitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to oppose |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, ambitious, antagonistic, at odds, combative, competing, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, emulous, killer instinct, killer*, opposing, rival, streetwise, vying |
| Antonyms: | noncompetitive, unambitious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conflicting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contradictory |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds with, clashing, contrariant, contrary, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, opposed, opposing, paradoxical, unfavorable, unmixable |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, harmonious, nonconflicting, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | contradictory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | adverse, against, agin, anti, antipodal, antipodean, antithetic, antithetical, con, conflicting, contrary, converse, counter, counteractive, diametric, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, irreconcilable, negating, no go, nullifying, opposing, opposite, ornery*, paradoxical, polar, repugnant, reverse |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, confirming, consistent, reconcilable, reconciled, vouching |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | protective, watchful |
| Synonyms: | arresting, averting, balking, checking, conservative, coping with, defending, foiling, forestalling, frustrating, guarding, in opposition, interrupting, opposing, preservative, preventive, protecting, resistive, safeguarding, thwarting, uptight*, warding off, withstanding |
| Notes: | defendable means capable of being protected or justified; defensible means capable of being defended or justified; defensive means attempting to justify or defend |
| Antonyms: | undefensive, unprotective, unwary, unwatchful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | negative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, contradictory |
| Synonyms: | abrogating, adverse, against, annulling, antagonistic, anti, balky, colorless, con, contrary, contravening, counteractive, cynical, denying, detrimental, disallowing, disavowing, dissentient, dissenting, gainsaying, gloomy, impugning, invalidating, jaundiced, naysaying, neutralizing, nugatory, nullifying, opposing, pessimistic, privative, recusant, refusing, rejecting, removed, repugnant, resisting, resistive, unaffirmative, unenthusiastic, unfavorable, uninterested, unwilling, weak |
| Antonyms: | good, positive |
| Main Entry: | recalcitrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient, uncontrollable |
| Synonyms: | contrary, contumacious, defiant, fractious, indomitable, insubmissive, insubordinate, intractable, obstinate, opposing, radical, rebellious, refractory, resistant, resisting, stubborn, undisciplinable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, unwilling, wayward, wild, willful, withstanding |
| Antonyms: | amenable, obedient, passive |
| Main Entry: | confronting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | facing |
| Synonyms: | encountering, face to face, meeting, opposing |
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