at loggerheads

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belligerent adj.
quarreling adj.
scrappy adj.

ADJECTIVE

belligerent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aggressive antagonistic bellicose combative contentious hostile ornery quarrelsome

STRONG

fighting flip mean militant

WEAK

ardent battling cantankerous fierce have a bone to pick have chip on shoulder have it in for hot hot-tempered on the outs pugnacious scrappy truculent warlike

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable calm friendly kind peaceful

STRONG

peaceloving

WEAK

cooperative helping nice

ADJECTIVE

quarreling

Synonyms

STRONG

conflicting disputing

WEAK

at odds at variance

ADJECTIVE

scrappy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aggressive combative fierce ornery

WEAK

antagonistic ardent battling bellicose cantankerous contentious fighting flip have a bone to pick have chip on shoulder have it in for hostile hot hot-tempered mean militant on the outs pugnacious quarrelsome truculent warlike

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm peaceful

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at loggerheads

The 41-year-old royal misfit has long struggled with the monarchy's strictures, shaking off the angry young man and "playboy prince" tags only to find himself at loggerheads with his closest relatives.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

With the two at loggerheads, analysts warned that the crisis could drag on, keeping oil prices elevated and putting pressure on inflation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Uefa, which has been at loggerheads with Fifa over a number of issues, strongly criticised the decision on Monday, calling it "unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

The Republic is thus at loggerheads with itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

No doubt we’ll be at loggerheads again pretty soon.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

at loggerheads

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