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Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute..

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.

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

Chest :: Chest (n.) Strife; contention; controversy.

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..

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

Makebate :: Makebate (n.) One who excites contentions and quarrels.

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

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

Debatable :: Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question..

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

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

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

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

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

Contention :: Contention (n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.

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

Strived :: Strive (n.) Strife; contention.

Feud :: Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed..

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

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