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Bate :: Bate (n.) Strife; contention.

Brawl :: Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl..

Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.

Bateful :: Bateful (a.) Exciting contention; contentious.

Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..

Emulation :: Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

Agonism :: Agonism (n.) Contention for a prize; a contest.

Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes..

Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

Bickerment :: Bickerment (n.) Contention.

Bellicose :: Bellicose (a.) Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

Decertation :: Decertation (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.

Snarl :: Snarl (n.) The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

Contention :: Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..

Firebrand :: Firebrand (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary..

Contest :: Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with..

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.

Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle..

Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.

Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.

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