All antagonism synonyms

noun antagonism

• discord — lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
• hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
• disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
• resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
• friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
• rancor — bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
• animus — If a person has an animus against someone, they have a strong feeling of dislike for them, even when there is no good reason for it.
• antipathy — Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
• hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
• dissension — strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
• rivalry — the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition: rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
• animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
• contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
• contradistinction — a distinction made by contrasting different qualities
• antithesis — The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
• incongruity — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
• competition — Competition is a situation in which two or more people or groups are trying to get something which not everyone can have.
• contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
• difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
• conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
• resentment — the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.
• dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
• bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
• ill feeling — animosity or resentment felt toward another.
• ill will — hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
• bad blood — If you say that there is bad blood between people, you mean that they have argued about something and dislike each other.
• rancour — bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
• opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
• aggression — Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
• clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
• oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.