impugnation†; contrariety; contravention; counteraction &c 179;
counterplot.
cross fire, undercurrent, head wind.
clashing, collision, conflict.
competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race.
absence of aid &c 708; resistance &c 719; restraint &c 751;
hindrance &c 706.
V. oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand &c (resist) 719;
control &c (restrain) 751; hinder &c 706; antagonize, oppugn, fly in
the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul
of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand,
make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against;
protest against, vote against, raise one's voice against; disfavor,
turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in
one's face.
be at cross purposes; play at cross purposes; counterwork†,
countermine; thwart, overthwart†; work against, undermine.
stem, breast, encounter; stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the
current, stem the flood; buffet the waves; beat up against, make head
against; grapple with; kick against the pricks &c (resist) 719; contend
&c 720; do battle with &c (warfare) 722, do battle against.
contradict, contravene; belie; go against, run against, beat
against, militate against; come in conflict with.
emulate &c (compete) 720; rival, spoil one's trade.
Adj. opposing, opposed &c v.; adverse, antagonistic; contrary &c 14; at
variance &c 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 &c 719.
competitive, emulous.
Adv. against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes.
against the grain, against the current, against the stream,
against the wind, against the tide; with a headwind; with the wind
ahead, with the wind in one's teeth.
in spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in
the face of; across; athwart, overthwart†; where the shoe pinches; in
spite of one's teeth.
though &c 30; even; quand meme [Fr.]; per contra.
Phr. nitor in adversum [Lat.].