Conflicting

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conflicting
       adj 1: in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our
              findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice
              and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley [syn: {at
              odds(p)}, {contradictory}, {self-contradictory}]
       2: on bad terms; "they were usually at odds over politics";
          "conflicting opinions" [syn: {at odds(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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