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Brigue :: Brigue (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel..

Word :: Word (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.

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

Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..

Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress..

Embroil :: Embroil (v. t.) To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

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

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

Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth..

Polemy :: Polemy (n.) Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition..

Incendious :: Incendious (a.) Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.

Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..

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

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.

Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

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

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