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oppugnant
adjective as in hostile
Strongest matches
adjective as in inimical
adjective as in resentful
Strongest matches
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- acrimonious
- adverse
- alien
- allergic
- anti
- argumentative
- bellicose
- catty
- chill
- cold
- competitive
- contentious
- contrary
- disapproving
- dour
- embittered
- hard
- ill-disposed
- inhospitable
- inimical
- malevolent
- malicious
- malignant
- militant
- nasty
- opposed
- opposite
- ornery
- pugnacious
- rancorous
- scrappy
- sour
- surly
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- unkind
- unpropitious
- unsociable
- unwelcoming
- viperous
- virulent
- vitriolic
- warlike
noun as in antagonist
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noun as in opponent
noun as in opposer
noun as in oppositionist
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Example Sentences
The ability to think has proved itself oppugnant to and destructive of the desire to worship.
Comparative mythologists explain the origin of worship by two apparently oppugnant theories.
He could have taken another, an oppugnant stand, as many a familiar confederate did.
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On this page you'll find 293 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to oppugnant, such as: adverse, belligerent, bitter, contentious, contrary, and hateful.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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