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dissentient
adjective as in contrary
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adjective as in dissident
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adjective as in dissonant
adjective as in negative
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- abrogating
- annulling
- anti
- con
- contrary
- contravening
- denying
- disallowing
- disavowing
- dissenting
- gainsaying
- impugning
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nullifying
- opposing
- recusant
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- resisting
adjective as in opposed
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adjective as in opposed/opposing
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- against the grain
- allergic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetical
- antonymous
- at cross-purposes
- at odds
- averse
- battling
- clashing
- combating
- conflicting
- confronting
- contrary
- controverting
- counter
- crossing
- defending
- defensive
- denying
- disagreeing
- disputed
- disputing
- enemy
- exposing
- facing
- gainsaying
- hostile
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- objecting
- obstructive
- opposite
- protesting
- repelling
- restrictive
- rival
- up against
- warring
adjective as in oppositional
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- adversarial
- adverse
- against the grain
- allergic
- antagonistic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetical
- antonymous
- at cross-purposes
- at odds
- averse
- battling
- clashing
- combating
- conflicting
- confronting
- contrary
- controverting
- counter
- crossing
- defending
- defensive
- denying
- disagreeing
- disputed
- disputing
- enemy
- exposing
- facing
- gainsaying
- hostile
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- objecting
- obstructive
- opposed
- opposite
- protesting
- repelling
- restrictive
- rival
- up against
- warring
noun as in nonconformist
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noun as in opponent
noun as in opposer
noun as in oppositionist
Example Sentences
There was a chorus of agreement with only one dissentient voice.
Also, this follows a strong-worded statement by Sheikh Abdelaziz Al Sheikh, the Saudi mufti, against Isis last week in which he called an extension of a dissentient religious movement that raised similar slogans.
Upon this point there can scarcely be a dissentient opinion.
How often has the world been assured that no dissentient voice was heard on that occasion!
There was not a dissentient voice in the entire assembly; indeed everyone was highly delighted with the humour of it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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