48 entries under hostile topic. ×
| defending(adjective, alert, caring, counter) | |
| opposing(adjective, different, contrary, watchful) | |
| in opposition(expression, adjective, different, contrary) | |
| repelling(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| against the grain(expression, idiom, counter, antagonistic) | |
| allergic(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| anti(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| antipathetic(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| antithetical(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| antonymous(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| at cross-purposes(expression, counter, different, antagonistic) | |
| at odds(expression, counter, different, antagonistic) | |
| averse(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| battling(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| clashing(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| combating(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| confronting(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| controverting(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| counter(different, antagonistic, contrary, opposite) | |
| crossing(counter, different, antagonistic, contrary) |
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