2
invalidating(verb, negating, confuting)
2
negative
2
quarreling(verb, contending, arguing)
2
quarrelling
2
querying(verb, questioning)
2
questioning(verb, questioning)
2
rebutting(verb, confuting)
2
refuting(verb, confuting)
2
restrictive(hostile, counter, different, antagonistic, contrary)
2
rival(adjective, hostile, counter, different, antagonistic)
2
struggling(verb, contending)
1
abnegating(verb, confuting)
1
abrogating(verb, confuting)
1
adversarial(adjective, hostile, contrary, opposing)
1
adverse(adjective, hostile, contrary, opposing)
1
against the grain(expression, idiom, hostile, counter, antagonistic)
1
allergic(hostile, counter, different, antagonistic, contrary)
1
altercating
1
antagonistic(adjective, hostile, different, contrary, opposite)
1
anti(adjective, hostile, different, antagonistic, contrary)
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