Another word for opposed
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Adjective
Acting against or in opposition
- Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
- Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance:
- Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic:
- Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant:
- showing antagonism; acting in opposition
- Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic:
- Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable:
- Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
- Relating to or characteristic of an adversary; involving antagonistic elements:
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Another word for opposed
Modifier
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- (woodworking, of sanding or planing a piece of wood) Preventing a smooth, level surface from being formed by raising the nap of the wood or causing larger splinters to form ahead of the cutting tool below the cutting surface.
- (idiomatic) Contrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.
- (idiomatic) Unwillingly, reluctantly; contrary to one's nature.
- (idiomatic) Facing; challenging, or opposing.
- In contact with, abutting.
- (idiomatic) Mutually misunderstanding each other's plans, intentions or meanings.
- (idiomatic) in disagreement; conflicting
- Of or relating to restriction.
- Tending or serving to restrict; limiting.
- Of, relating to, or being a subordinate clause or phrase that identifies the noun, phrase, or clause it modifies and limits or restricts its meaning, as the clause who live in glass houses in People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
- Opposed, as in character or purpose:
- Opposite in direction or position:
- Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval:
- In a direction or course opposite to:
- So as to come into forcible contact with:
- In contact with so as to rest or press on:
- Placed or located directly across from something else or from each other:
- Facing the other way; moving or tending away from each other:
- Being the other of two complementary or mutually exclusive things:
- Having a feeling of opposition, distaste, or aversion; strongly disinclined:
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