conflicting
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Conflicting \Con*flict"ing\, a.
1. Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition;
contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary;
opposing; marked by discord.
Syn: antagonistic, at odds(predicate), clashing.
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Torn with sundry conflicting passions. --Bp. Hurd.
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2. in disagreement; -- of facts or theories.
Syn: at odds(predicate), contradictory, self-contradictory.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Conflict \Con*flict"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conflicted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Conflicting}.] [L. conflictus, p. p. of confligere
to conflict (cf. conflictare); con- + fligere to strike; cf.
Gr. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.]
1. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision;
to collide. --Shak.
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Fire and water conflicting together. --Bacon.
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2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or
opposition; to struggle.
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A man would be content to . . . conflict with great
difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. --Abp.
Tillotson.
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3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
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The laws of the United States and of the individual
States may, in some cases, conflict with each other.
--Wheaton.
Syn: To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat;
strive; battle.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
134 Moby Thesaurus words for "conflicting":
acrid, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, ajar, alien,
antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous,
at cross-purposes, balancing, belligerent, bitter, breakaway,
caustic, clashing, colliding, compensating, competitive, con,
confronting, confused, contradicting, contradictory,
contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted,
converse, counter, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive,
counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking,
cranky, cross, crotchety, dead against, despiteful, detrimental,
differing, difficult, disaccordant, disagreeing, disconsonant,
discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, dissentient, dissident,
dissonant, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, fractious, full of hate,
grating, hard, harmful, harsh, hateful, hostile, in opposition,
incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious,
inimical, inverse, jangling, jangly, jarring, jostling, malevolent,
malicious, malignant, miserable, negative, nonconformist,
noncooperative, not easy, obstinate, obverse, off-color, off-tone,
opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive,
oppugnant, out of accord, overthwart, perverse, quarrelsome,
rancorous, reactionary, recalcitrant, refractory, renitent,
repugnant, resistant, reverse, revolutionary, rigorous, rival,
set against, sinister, sore, spiteful, squared off, stressful,
troublesome, troublous, trying, uncooperative, unfavorable,
unfriendly, unharmonious, unpropitious, untoward, venomous,
virulent, vitriolic, warring, wretched
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