N. contrariety, contrast,
foil,
antithesis, oppositeness,
contradiction,
antagonism,
clashing,
repugnance, inversion, the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the other extreme
V. be contrary, contrast with,
oppose, diller toto coelo,
invert, reverse, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn end for end, turn upside down, turn inside out,
contradict,
contravene,
antagonize Adj. contrary,
contrarious,
contrariant, opposite, counter, dead against,
converse, reverse, opposed,
antithetical, contrasted,
antipodean,
antagonistic,
opposing, conflicting, inconsistent,
contradictory, at cross purposes, negative, hostile, differing toto coelo, diametrically opposite, diametrically opposed, as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles, as different as night and day, "hyperion to a satyr", quite the contrary, quite the reverse, no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire
N. counteraction, opposition,
contrariety,
antagonism,
polarity,
clashing,
collision, interference,
inhibition, resistance,
renitency, friction, reaction,
retroaction, counterblast,
neutralization, vis inertiae, check, voluntary opposition, voluntary resistance,
repression, opposites, action and reaction, yang and yin, yang-yin (contrariety) 14
V. counteract, run counter,
clash, cross, interfere with, conflict with,
contravene,
jostle, go against, run against, beat against, militate against,
stultify,
antagonize, block,
oppose,
traverse,
withstand, hinder, repress, react,
undo,
neutralize,
counterpoise,
overpoise Adv. although, in spite of, against
Phr. "for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction", words relating to space 1, abstract space
N. counter evidence, evidence on the other side, evidence on the other hand, conflicting evidence, contradictory evidence, opposing evidence, disproof,
refutation,
negation,
plea, vindication counter protest, "tu quoque" argument, other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield
V. countervail,
oppose, mitigate against, rebut,
subvert,
cheek,
weaken,
contravene,
contradict, tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case, turn the tables, cut both ways, prove a negative, audire alteram partem
Adv. on the contrary, per contra
N. unwillingness, indisposition, indisposedness, disinclination,
aversation,
nolleity,
nolition,
renitence,
renitency,
reluctance, indifference, backwardness, slowness, want of alacrity, want of readiness,
indocility,
scrupulousness,
scrupulosity, qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience, delicacy,
demur,
scruple,
qualm,
shrinking,
recoil,
hesitation,
fastidiousness,
averseness, dissent,
refusal V. be unwilling,
nill, dislike,
grudge,
begrudge, not be able to find it in one's heart to, not have the stomach to,
demur, stick at,
scruple,
stickle, hang fire, run rusty,
recoil,
shrink,
swerve,
hesitate, avoid,
oppose, dissent, refuse
Adj. unwilling, not in the vein,
loth,
loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed,
averse,
reluctant, not content,
adverse,
laggard, backward, remiss,
slack, slow to, indifferent,
scrupulous,
squeamish,
repugnant, restiff|, restive,
demurring, unconsenting, involuntary
Adv. unwillingly,
grudgingly, with a heavy heart, with a bad, with an ill grace, against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain, invita minerva, a contre caeur, malgre soi, in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself, nolens volens,
perforce, under protest, no, not for the world, far be it from me
N. prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage,
embolus,
embolism, infarct,
interruption,
interception, interclusion|,
hindrance, impedition|,
retardment,
retardation,
embarrassment, oppilation|,
coarctation,
stricture,
restriction, restraint,
inhibition,
blockade, interference,
interposition,
obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance,
impediment, let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag, check,
hitch,
contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar,
stile, barrier,
turnstile,
turnpike, gate,
portcullis, beaver dam, trocha,
barricade, wall, dead wall,
sea wall, levee breakwater,
groyne,
bulkhead, block,
buffer,
stopper,
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock,
drawback, objection,
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone, lion in the path,
snag, snags and sawyers,
encumbrance,
incumbrance,
clog,
skid,
shoe, spoke,
drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive,
prophylactic, load, burden,
fardel,
onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight,
lumber,
pack,
nightmare,
ephialtes,
incubus, old man of the sea,
remora, difficulty,
insuperable,
obstacle,
estoppel, ill wind, head wind,
trammel,
tether, hold back,
counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer,
marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher,
interloper, trail of a red herring,
opponent V. hinder,
impede,
filibuster,
impedite,
embarrass, keep off, stave off, ward off,
obviate,
avert, antevert|, turn aside, draw off, prevent,
forefend, nip in the bud,
retard,
slacken, check, let,
counteract,
countercheck,
preclude,
debar,
foreclose,
estop,
inhibit,
shackle, restrict,
obstruct, stop, stay, bar,
bolt,
lock, block, block up, choke off,
belay,
barricade, block the way, bar the way, stop the way,
forelay, dam up, put on the brake, scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel, put a stop to,
traverse,
contravene,
interrupt,
intercept,
oppose, hedge in, hedge round, cut off, inerclude|,
interpose,
interfere,
intermeddle,
cramp,
hamper,
clog, clog the wheels,
cumber,
encumber,
incumber,
handicap,
choke, saddle with, load with, overload, lay,
lumber,
trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience,
incommode,
discommode,
discompose,
hustle, corner, drive into a corner, run foul of, fall foul of, cross the path of, break in upon,
thwart,
frustrate,
disconcert,
balk,
foil,
faze,
feaze,
feeze,
baffle,
snub,
override,
circumvent, defeat, spike guns,
spoil,
mar, clip the wings of,
cripple, put an extinguisher on, damp,
dishearten, discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport, lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on, cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine, be in the way of, stand in the way of, act as a drag, hang like a millstone round one's neck
Adj. hindering,
obstructive,
obstruent,
impeditive, impedient, intercipient|,
prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable,
onerous,
burdensome,
cumbrous,
cumbersome,
obtrusive, hindered,
windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c. (see assist ),
single-handed, alone, deserted
Phr. occurrent nubes
N. n, opposition,
antagonism,
oppugnancy,
oppugnation, impugnation|,
contrariety,
contravention,
counteraction,
counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind,
clashing,
collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade,
rivalry,
emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint,
hindrance V. oppose,
counteract, run counter to,
withstand, control, hinder,
antagonize,
oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of, set against, pit against, face,
confront, cope with, make a stand, make a dead set against, set oneself against, set one's face against, protest against, vote against, raise one's voice against, disfavor, turn one's back upon, set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes,
counterwork,
countermine,
thwart,
overthwart, work against, undermine, stem, breast,
encounter, stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the current, stem the flood, buffet the waves, beat up against, make head against, grapple with, kick against the pricks,
contend, do battle -with, do battle against,
contradict,
contravene,
belie, go against, run against, beat against, militate against, come in conflict with,
emulate, rival, spoil one's trade
Adj. opposing, opposed,
adverse,
antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile,
inimical, cross,
unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms,
resistant,
competitive,
emulous Adv. against,
versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across,
athwart,
overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra
Phr. nitor in adversum
N. resistance, stand, front,
oppugnation,
oppugnancy, opposition,
renitence,
renitency,
reluctation,
recalcitration,
kicking,
repulse,
rebuff, insurrection, strike, turn out, lock out, barring out,
levee en masse,
jacquerie,
riot V. resist, not submit,
repugn,
reluct,
reluctate,
withstand, stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against, stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out, hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm, breast the wave, breast the current, stem the tide, stem the torrent, face,
confront, grapple with, show a bold front, present a front, make a stand, take one's stand,
kick, kick against,
recalcitrate, kick against the pricks,
oppose, fly in the face of, lift the hand against, rise up in arms, strike, turn out, draw up a round robin, revolt, make a riot, prendre le mors aux dents, sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay,
repel,
repulse Adj. resisting, resistive,
resistant,
refractory,
recalcitrant,
renitent, up in arms,
repulsive, repellant, proof against,
unconquerable,
stubborn, unconquered,
indomitable, unyielding
Int. hands off, keep off
N. contention,
strife, contest,
contestation, struggle,
belligerency, opposition, controversy,
polemics,
debate, war of words,
logomachy,
litigation, paper war, high words,
sparring, competition,
rivalry,
corrivalry,
corrivalship, agonism|, concours,
match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase,
handicap,
regatta, field day, sham fight, derby day,
turf,
sporting,
bullfight,
tauromachy, gymkhana, boat race, torpids,
wrestling, greco-roman wrestling,
pugilism, boxing,
fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense,
spar, mill,
set-to, round,
bout, event, prize fighting,
quarterstaff, single stick,
gladiatorship,
gymnastics, jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo,
athletics,
athletic sports, games of skill,
shindy,
fracas, clash of arms,
tussle,
scuffle,
broil,
fray,
affray, affrayment|, velitation|, colluctation|,
luctation,
brabble, brigue|,
scramble,
melee,
scrimmage,
stramash,
bushfighting, free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight, conflict,
skirmish,
rencounter,
encounter,
rencontre,
collision,
affair,
brush, fight, battle, battle royal,
combat, action, engagement,
joust,
tournament,
tilt,
tilting, tournay, list, pitched battle, death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle,
armageddon, hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war, naval engagement,
naumachia,
sea fight,
duel,
duello, single combat,
monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor, triangular duel, hostile meeting,
digladiation, deeds of arms, feats of arms, appeal to arms,
pugnacity,
combativeness, bone of contention
V. contend, contest,
strive, struggle,
scramble,
wrestle,
spar, square, exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs, fib|,
justle,
tussle,
tilt, box,
stave,
fence,
skirmish,
pickeer, fight,
wrangle, contend &c. with, grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush, with, tilt with,
encounter, fall foul of, pitch into,
clapperclaw, run a tilt at,
oppose,
reluct, join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand, take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet, enter the lists, couch one's lance, give satisfaction, appeal to arms, lay about one, break the peace, compete with, cope with, vie with, race with,
outvie,
emulate, rival, run a race, contend &c. for, stipulate for, stickle for, insist upon, make a point of
Adj. contending, together by the ears, at loggerheads at war at issue,
competitive, rival,
belligerent,
contentious,
combative,
bellicose, unpeaceful, warlike,
quarrelsome,
pugnacious,
pugilistic,
gladiatorial,
palestric,
palestrical Phr. a verbis ad verbera, a word and a blow, "a very pretty quarrel as it stands", commune periculum concordiam parit, lis litem generat
N. detraction,
disparagement,
depreciation,
vilification,
obloquy,
scurrility,
scandal,
defamation,
aspersion,
traducement,
slander,
calumny,
obtrectation, evil-speaking,
backbiting,
scandalum magnatum,
personality,
libel,
lampoon,
skit,
pasquinade, chronique scandaleuse,
roorback,
sarcasm,
cynicism, criticism (disapprobation) 932,
invective, envenomed tongue, spretae injuria formae,
personality,
libel,
lampoon,
skit,
pasquinade, chronique scandaleuse,
roorback,
detractor V. detract,
derogate,
decry,
deprecate,
depreciate,
disparage, run down, cry down, backcap,
belittle, sneer at, criticize, pull to pieces, pick a hole in one's coat,
asperse, cast aspersions, blow upon,
bespatter,
blacken,
vilify,
vilipend, avile|, give a dog a bad name,
brand,
malign, muckrake,
backbite,
libel,
lampoon,
traduce,
slander,
defame,
calumniate, bear false witness against, speak ill of behind one's back, fling dirt,
anathematize, dip the pen in gall, view in a bad light,
impugn,
assail, attack,
oppose,
denounce,
accuse Adj. detracting,
defamatory,
detractory,
derogatory,
deprecatory,
catty,
disparaging,
libelous,
scurrile,
scurrilous,
abusive,
foul-spoken, foul-tongued,
foul-mouthed,
slanderous,
calumnious,
calumniatory,
sarcastic,
sardonic,
sarcastic,
satirical,
cynical, critical
Phr. "damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer; and without sneering, teach the rest to sneer", another lie nailed to the counter, "cut men's throats with whisperings", "foul whisperings are abroad" "soft-buzzing slander", "virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes"
