| provoke(verb, upset, hurt, bother, disturb) |
| reject(verb, delay, avoid, disagree, defer) |
| repulse(verb, upset, hurt, disturb, oppose) |
| set against(verb, expression, phrasal verb, separate, opposition) |
| set at odds(expression, idiom, separate, withdraw, alienate) |
| vie(verb, contend) |
| work against(verb, expression, phrasal verb, oppose, provoke) |
| acerbate(verb, harm, annoy, provoke, excite) |
| affront(verb, upset, hurt, disturb, oppose) |
| agitate(verb, disturb, annoy, provoke, excite) |
| argue(verb, disagree, contend) |
| battle(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| beat against(verb, phrasal verb, counteraction) |
| boil(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate) |
| boil over(expression, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate) |
| brawl(verb, conflict, contend) |
| bristle(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate) |
| buck(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| check(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| combat(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |