All oppugnancy synonyms
opΒ·pugΒ·nant
O o noun oppugnancy
- clash β When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- combat β Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- contest β A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
- counteraction β to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counterattack β If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- defense β the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
- defence β Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
- defiance β Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
- disapproval β the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
- duel β a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- encounter β Unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
- engagement β A formal agreement to get married.
- fray β a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
- grapple β to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- negativism β a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- prevention β the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- repugnance β the state of being repugnant.
- repulsion β the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- skirmish β Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
- strife β vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- violation β the act of violating.
- war β a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- warfare β the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
- civil disobedience β Civil disobedience is the refusal by ordinary people in a country to obey laws or pay taxes, usually as a protest.
- confronting β Present participle of confront.
- contraposition β the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
- obstructiveness β The characteristic of being obstructive.
- opposition β the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- contradiction β If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
- contrariness β opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- animosity β Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
- animus β 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 β Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- disagreement β the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- discord β lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
- dissension β strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
- enmity β The state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
- friction β surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- hatred β the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- hostility β a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
- rancor β bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- rancour β bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- resistance β the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- rivalry β the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition: rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
- antithesis β The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
- competition β Competition is a situation in which two or more people or groups are trying to get something which not everyone can have.
- conflict β 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.
- contention β Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
- contradistinction β a distinction made by contrasting different qualities