| clash | | |
| n. (event) | 1. clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash | a loud resonant repeating noise.; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (state) | 2. clash, friction | a state of conflict between persons. |
| ~ conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests.; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" |
| n. (state) | 3. clash | a state of conflict between colors.; "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors" |
| ~ conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests.; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" |
| n. (act) | 4. brush, clash, encounter, skirmish | a minor short-term fight. |
| ~ contretemps | an awkward clash.; "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman" |
| ~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
| v. (contact) | 5. clash, collide | crash together with violent impact.; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| ~ smash | collide or strike violently and suddenly.; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail" |
| ~ shock | collide violently. |
| ~ crash, ram | undergo damage or destruction on impact.; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" |
| v. (stative) | 6. clash, collide, jar | be incompatible; be or come into conflict.; "These colors clash" |
| ~ conflict | be in conflict.; "The two proposals conflict!" |
| v. (communication) | 7. clash | disagree violently.; "We clashed over the new farm policies" |
| ~ disagree, take issue, differ, dissent | be of different opinions.; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" |
| discord | | |
| n. (state) | 1. discord, strife | lack of agreement or harmony. |
| ~ disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order. |
| n. (communication) | 2. discord, dissension | disagreement among those expected to cooperate. |
| ~ disagreement | the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing. |
| ~ confrontation | discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions. |
| ~ variance, division | discord that splits a group. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. discord, discordance | a harsh mixture of sounds. |
| ~ dissonance | disagreeable sounds. |
| n. (act) | 4. discord, discordance | strife resulting from a lack of agreement. |
| ~ strife | bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension. |
| v. (stative) | 5. disaccord, disagree, discord | be different from one another. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| dissonance | | |
| n. (state) | 1. disagreement, dissension, dissonance | a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters. |
| ~ conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests.; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" |
| ~ disunity | lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension). |
| ~ divide | a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility). |
| n. (cognition) | 2. dissonance, noise, racket | the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.; "modern music is just noise to me" |
| ~ auditory sensation, sound | the subjective sensation of hearing something.; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. dissonance | disagreeable sounds. |
| ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. |
| ~ discordance, discord | a harsh mixture of sounds. |
| ~ disharmony, inharmoniousness | a lack of harmony. |
| ~ cacophony | loud confusing disagreeable sounds. |
| feud | | |
| n. (act) | 1. feud | a bitter quarrel between two parties. |
| ~ conflict, struggle, battle | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).; "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" |
| ~ blood feud, vendetta | a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other. |
| v. (competition) | 2. feud | carry out a feud.; "The two professors have been feuding for years" |
| ~ fight, struggle, contend | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" |
| strife | | |
| n. (act) | 1. strife | bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension. |
| ~ conflict, struggle, battle | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).; "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" |
| ~ countercurrent, crosscurrent | actions counter to the main group activity.; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference" |
| ~ discordance, discord | strife resulting from a lack of agreement. |
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