Antagonism - English meaning

noun

Bitterness or ill feeling.

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The agm dissolved into acrimony

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Anger, argument, and bad feeling

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The acrimony of the dispute has shocked a lot of people., the decision was reached without acrimony…

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Hostility or ill feeling.

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The author's animus towards her

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A feeling of hate or anger towards someone or something

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He harbours no animus toward his rival.

noun

A deep-seated feeling of aversion.

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His fundamental antipathy to capitalism

noun

Strong dislike or opposition

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His letters show a deep and intense antipathy toward workers.

noun

A feeling of strong dislike, opposition, or anger

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Despite the deep antipathies between them, the two sides have managed to negotiate an agreement., d…

noun

A strong dislike or disinclination.

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They made plain their aversion to the use of force

noun

A feeling of strong dislike or unwillingness to do something

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I felt an instant aversion to his parents., she has a deep aversion to getting up early.

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(a person or thing that causes) a feeling of strong dislike or of not wishing to do something

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I felt an instant aversion to his parents., she has a deep aversion to getting up in the morning., …

noun

Sharpness of taste; lack of sweetness.

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The lime juice imparts a slight bitterness

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An unpleasantly sharp taste

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A feeling of anger and unhappiness

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He was full of bitterness after he lost his job.

noun

A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

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The eternal conflict between the sexes

verb

Be incompatible or at variance; clash.

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Parents' and children's interests sometimes conflict

noun

An active disagreement, as between opposing opinions or needs

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[ c ] conflicts between parents and children become more frequent when the children become teenager…

noun

Heated disagreement.

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The captured territory was the main area of contention between the two countries

noun

Disagreement resulting from opposing arguments

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Their refusal to sign the treaty remains a source of contention between the two countries., [ + tha…

noun

The disagreement that results from opposing arguments

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There's a lot of contention about that issue - for every person firmly in favour, there's someone f…

noun

Disagreement between people.

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A prosperous family who showed no signs of discord

verb

(of people) disagree.

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We discorded commonly on two points

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A lack of agreement or feeling of trust between people

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The plan to build the highway created discord in our community.

verb

Feel distaste for or hostility towards.

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She disliked any kind of unnecessary rudeness

noun

A feeling of distaste or hostility.

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Despite her dislike of publicity, she was quite a celebrated figure

verb

To not like; to find someone or something unpleasant, difficult, etc.

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I dislike the idea of leaving him home alone all evening., [ c ] a dislike of flying

noun

Disagreement that leads to discord.

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These issues caused bitter dissension in the party

noun

Strong disagreement, esp. within an organization

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There was a good deal of dissension within women’s rights organizations about setting political goa…

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Arguments and disagreement, especially in an organization, group, political party, etc.

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Dissension within there are signs of dissension within the ruling political party.

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A state or feeling of active opposition or hostility.

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Decades of enmity between the two countries

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Strong dislike or hate

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A feeling of hate

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She denied any personal enmity towards him., bitter historical enmities underlie the present violen…

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A prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.

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His long-standing feud with universal pictures

verb

Be engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.

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Hoover feuded with the cia for decades

noun

An argument that has existed for a long time between two people or groups, causing a lot of anger and sometimes violence

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Family feud the family feud has been ongoing since the death of their mother., feud between a ten-y…

noun

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

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A lubrication system which reduces friction

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The force that works against an object as it slides along the surface of another object or moves through a liquid or gas

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A gasoline engine loses over 70 percent of its energy to friction and heat., there’s less friction …

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The force that makes it difficult for one object to slide along the surface of another or to move through a liquid or gas

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When you rub your hands together the friction produces heat.

noun

Hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition.

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Their hostility to all outsiders

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An occasion when someone is unfriendly or shows that they do not like something

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They showed open (= obvious) hostility to/towards their new neighbours., hostilities began/broke ou…

noun

Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.

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There was considerable opposition to the proposal

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Disagreement with something, often by speaking or fighting against it, or (esp. in politics) the people or group who are not in power

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The proposal faces strong opposition., they expect to defeat the opposition.

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Bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long standing.

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He spoke without rancour

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A feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past

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They cheated me, but i feel no rancour towards/against them.

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Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

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His resentment at being demoted

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A feeling of anger because you have been forced to accept something that you do not like

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He harbours a deep resentment against his parents for his miserable childhood., this decision has c…

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Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.

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There always has been intense rivalry between the clubs