(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oppose.

abjuratory abnegative adversary adversative adverse adversive against alien alienated allegory analogy antagonistic anteposition anti antiestablishment antipathetic antipodal antithesis antithetic antithetical antonymous at cross-purposes at odds with at variance with balancing breakaway bucking challenge clashing comparative anatomy comparative degree comparative grammar comparative judgment comparative linguistics comparative literature comparative method compare comparing comparison compensating competitive con conflicting confrontation confronting confrontment contention contradicting contradiction contradictory contradistinct contraposition contrapositive contrariety contrarious contrary contrast contrasted contrasting contrastiveness contravention contraversion converse correlation counter counter-culture counteractant counteracting counteraction counteractive counterbalancing counterpoised countervailing counterworking cranky cross crosscurrent crossing crotchety dead against denial denying detrimental differing difficult disaccordant disaffirming disagreeing disallowing disappointed disapprobatory disapproving disavowing disclaiming discontented discordant discrepant disenchanted disgruntled disillusioned disowning displeased dissatisfied dissentient dissenting dissident distinction distinctiveness enemy eyeball to eyeball eyeball-to-eyeball facing fractious fronting hard harmful head wind hostile hostility impugnation impugnment in opposition incompatible inconsistent indignant inimical inverse irreconcilable likening low matching metaphor miserable negation negative negatory nonconforming nonconformist noncooperative not easy obstinate obverse opponent opposed opposite opposition oppositional oppositive opposure oppugnant oppugnation overthwart parallelism perverse polar polar opposition polaric polarity polarization polarized poor posing against proportion reactionary rebutment rebuttal recalcitrant recanting recusant refractory refusal rejection relation renitent renunciative renunciatory repudiative repugnant resistance resistant reverse revocative revocatory revolutionary rigorous rival sectarian sectary simile similitude sinister squared off standing against stressful traversal trope of comparison troublesome troublous trying turned-off unappreciative unapproving uncomplimentary uncooperative undercurrent underground unfavorable unfriendly unhappy unpropitious untoward weighing wretched