clashing

clashing
    adj 1: sharply and harshly discordant; "clashing interests of
           loggers and conservationists"; "clashing colors"
    

Clash \Clash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Clashing}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen, Prov. G.
   kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klaske, E. clack.]
   1. To make a noise by striking against something; to dash
      noisily together.
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   2. To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to
      come onto collision; to interfere.
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            However some of his interests might clash with those
            of the chief adjacent colony.         --Palfrey.
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129 Moby Thesaurus words for "clashing":
      acrid, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, ajar, alien,
      antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous,
      at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war,
      balancing, belligerent, bitter, breakaway, caustic, colliding,
      compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confronting, confused,
      contradicting, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive,
      contrarious, contrary, contrasted, converse, counter,
      counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing,
      counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, cross,
      crotchety, dead against, despiteful, differing, disaccordant,
      disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious,
      disproportionate, dissentient, dissident, dissonant, divergent,
      enemy, eyeball to eyeball, fractious, full of hate, grating, harsh,
      hateful, hostile, immiscible, inaccordant, incompatible,
      incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious, inimical, inverse,
      jangling, jangly, jarring, jostling, malevolent, malicious,
      malignant, negative, nonconformist, noncooperative, obstinate,
      obverse, off-color, off-tone, opponent, opposed, opposing,
      opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, out of accord,
      out of whack, overthwart, perverse, quarrelsome, rancorous,
      reactionary, recalcitrant, refractory, renitent, repugnant,
      resistant, reverse, revolutionary, rival, set against, sore,
      spiteful, squared off, uncongenial, uncooperative, unfavorable,
      unfriendly, unharmonious, unpropitious, variant, venomous,
      virulent, vitriolic, warring