5
disquietude(noun, trouble, worry, concern, excitement)
5
energy(noun, force, power, passion, strength)
5
enmity(noun, conflict, enmity)
5
heat(noun, power, worry, excitement, strain)
5
incompatibility(noun, conflict, hostility, enmity)
5
potential(noun, trouble, power, strength, energy)
5
prudery(firmness, rigidity)
5
push(noun, trouble, force, power, strength)
5
stretching(noun, growth, tightness, tautness)
5
tax(noun, strain, effort, exertion)
4
latent hostility(noun, expression, idiom)
4
alarm(noun, feeling, worry, strain, anxiety)
4
antipathy(noun, conflict, enmity, contention)
4
balance(noun, poise, stability, steadiness, tightness)
4
breaking point(noun, expression, idiom, tension)
4
clash(noun, fight, dispute, split, division)
4
constraint(noun, trouble, force, strain, difficulty)
4
disagreement(noun, dispute, conflict, opposition, argument)
4
discordance(noun, enmity)
4
disharmony(noun, conflict, disagreement, hostility)
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