3
peevish(adjective, difficult, unfriendly, irritable, turbulent)
3
rival(contention, combatant)
3
rough
3
soldier(noun, person, tough, conflict, opponent)
3
violent(adjective, mean, sharp, difficult, harsh)
3
warmonger(noun, hawk, objector, jingo, scrapper)
2
acrid
2
active
2
agonistic
2
antagonist
2
antipathetic
2
army
2
assertive(adjective, aggressive)
2
at loggerheads(expression, adjective, nasty, determined, spirited)
2
barbarous(adjective, hostile, quarrelsome)
2
bitter(adjective, mean, nasty, speech, hostile)
2
cat-and-dog(difficult, irritable, turbulent, argumentative, contentious)
2
caustic(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh, cross)
2
chauvinist(noun, warmonger)
2
competitor
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