Definitions

opposed

[uh-pohzd] / əˈpoʊzd /

ADJECTIVE

antagonistic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anti antithetical averse disputed hostile inimical opposing

STRONG

battling clashing combating conflicting confronting controverting counter crossing defending denying disagreeing disputing exposing facing gainsaying objecting protesting repelling rival warring

WEAK

against allergic antipathetic antonymous at cross-purposes at odds contrary defensive dissentient enemy in opposition incompatible irreconcilable obstructive opposite restrictive up against

Antonyms

STRONGEST

friendly kind

WEAK

in favor of

Example Sentences

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There was also a majority who opposed changing most GCSEs to linear courses with exams taken only at the end of year 12.

From BBC

Lending weight to their argument Zweig-DiMenna also cites data from Truflation, a private, real-time measurement of U.S. inflation as opposed to the official CPI produced by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

From MarketWatch

“I think that the new authorities are reliably opposed to ISIS,” said Sam Heller, a Beirut-based analyst with policy institute Century International, using an acronym for Islamic State.

From The Wall Street Journal

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is vehemently opposed to the billionaire tax, praised the gift, saying that it will “open doors for students to success and for our communities to prosper.”

From MarketWatch

Is it possible to prevent an heir from spending their inheritance on things to which we are diametrically opposed?

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