opposing as an adjective: - 1
opposing
adjective
1 opposing
Characterized by active hostility:
— Opponent (or opposing) armies.
synonym: opponent.
Roget 708:
opposing,
opposed
etc.
v.;
adverse,
antagonistic;
contrary
etc.
14;
at variance
etc.
24;
at issue,
at war with.
unfavorable,
unfriendly;
hostile,
inimical,
cross,
unpropitious.
in hostile array,
front to front,
with crossed bayonets,
at daggers drawn;
up in arms;
resistant
etc.
719.
competitive,
emulous.
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Roget 14:
contrary,
contrarious†,
contrariant†;
opposite,
counter,
dead against;
converse,
reverse;
opposed,
antithetical,
contrasted,
antipodean,
antagonistic,
opposing;
conflicting,
inconsistent,
contradictory,
at cross purposes;
negative;
hostile
etc.
703.
differing toto coelo [Lat.];
diametrically opposite;
diametrically opposed;
as opposite as black and white,
as opposite as light and darkness,
as opposite as fire and water,
as opposite as the poles;
as different as night and day;
Hyperion to a satyr"
[Hamlet];
quite the contrary,
quite the reverse;
no such thing,
just the other way,
tout au contraire [Fr.].
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