Dictionary Definition
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)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome.
- Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
- In the absence of all conflicting evidence.
Verb
conflicting- present participle of conflict
References
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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