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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
conflicting \conflict"ing\, a.
   1. being in conflict or collision, or in opposition;
      contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary;
      opposing; marked by discord.

   syn: antagonistic, at oddspredicate, clashing.
        1913 webster + wordnet 1.5

              torn with sundry conflicting passions. --bp. hurd.
        1913 webster

   2. in disagreement; -- of facts or theories.

   syn: at oddspredicate, contradictory, self-contradictory.
        wordnet 1.5

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
conflict \conflict"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. conflicted; p. pr.
    vb. n. conflicting. l. conflictus, p. p. of confligere
   to conflict cf. conflictare; con- + fligere to strike; cf.
   gr. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, l. flagrum whip.
   1. to strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision;
      to collide. --shak.
      1913 webster

            fire and water conflicting together.  --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. to maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or
      opposition; to struggle.
      1913 webster

            a man would be content to . . . conflict with great
            difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. --abp.
                                                  tillotson.
      1913 webster

   3. to be in opposition; to be contradictory.
      1913 webster

            the laws of the united states and of the individual
            states may, in some cases, conflict with each other.
                                                  --wheaton.

   syn: to fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat;
        strive; battle.
        1913 webster
see also:
conflicted conflicting 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
conflicting
     adj 1: in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our
            findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice
            and loving vindictiveness"- john morley syn: at
            oddsp, contradictory, self-contradictory
     2: on bad terms; "they were usually at odds over politics";
        "conflicting opinions" syn: at oddsp
see also:
at oddsp contradictory self-contradictory at oddsp 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
134 moby thesaurus words for "conflicting":
   acrid, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, ajar, alien,
   antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous,
   at cross-purposes, balancing, belligerent, bitter, breakaway,
   caustic, clashing, colliding, compensating, competitive, con,
   confronting, confused, contradicting, contradictory,
   contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted,
   converse, counter, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive,
   counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking,
   cranky, cross, crotchety, dead against, despiteful, detrimental,
   differing, difficult, disaccordant, disagreeing, disconsonant,
   discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, dissentient, dissident,
   dissonant, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, fractious, full of hate,
   grating, hard, harmful, harsh, hateful, hostile, in opposition,
   incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious,
   inimical, inverse, jangling, jangly, jarring, jostling, malevolent,
   malicious, malignant, miserable, negative, nonconformist,
   noncooperative, not easy, obstinate, obverse, off-color, off-tone,
   opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive,
   oppugnant, out of accord, overthwart, perverse, quarrelsome,
   rancorous, reactionary, recalcitrant, refractory, renitent,
   repugnant, resistant, reverse, revolutionary, rigorous, rival,
   set against, sinister, sore, spiteful, squared off, stressful,
   troublesome, troublous, trying, uncooperative, unfavorable,
   unfriendly, unharmonious, unpropitious, untoward, venomous,
   virulent, vitriolic, warring, wretched





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