2
enemy(hostile, counter, different, antagonistic, contrary)
2
fierce(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
2
hostile(nasty, determined, different, spirited, contrary)
2
inimical(hostile, counter, different, antagonistic, contrary)
2
militant(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
2
pugnacious(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
2
quarrelsome(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
2
restrictive(hostile, counter, different, antagonistic, contrary)
2
rival(adjective, hostile, counter, different, antagonistic)
2
scrambling
2
striving(opposing, competing)
2
truculent(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
2
waring
2
warlike(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
1
against the grain(expression, idiom, hostile, counter, antagonistic)
1
anti(hostile, counter, different, antagonistic, contrary)
1
antipathetic(hostile, counter, different, antagonistic, contrary)
1
antithetical(hostile, counter, different, antagonistic, contrary)
1
antonymous(hostile, counter, different, antagonistic, contrary)
1
ardent(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
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