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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..

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

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

Outcast :: Outcast (n.) A quarrel; a contention.

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

Contek :: Contek (n.) Quarrel; contention; contest.

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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.

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