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/kənflˈɪktɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Conflict v. i. (past & past part. conflicted; pres. part. conflicting)

1.

To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. "Fire and water conflicting together."

2.

To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle. "A man would be content to... conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward."

3.

To be in opposition; to be contradictory. "The laws of the United States and of the individual States may, in some cases, conflict with each other."

Synonyms: To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat; strive; battle.

adjective

Conflicting adj.

1.

Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing; marked by discord.

Synonyms: antagonistic, at odds(predicate), clashing. "Torn with sundry conflicting passions."

2.

In disagreement; of facts or theories.

Synonyms: at odds(predicate), contradictory, self-contradictory.

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Etymology of 'Conflicting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Conflicting" Quotes from Famous Books

... the manner of Mrs. Allender was conclusive evidence that she, too, was laying side by side the two conflicting statements. ...

— Lessons in Life, For All Who Will Read Them • T. S. Arthur

... pencil, and holding it in her white fingers sat staring first at us, and then looking hesitatingly at the white paper before her. Her position, amid a hundred conflicting emotions, was one of extreme difficulty. It seemed as though even now she was loth to reveal to us ...

— The Czar's Spy - The Mystery of a Silent Love • William Le Queux

... constitutionally made to prefer the one of these forms of Christian activity; some of us to prefer the other. The tendencies of this generation are far too much to the latter, to the exclusion of the former. It is hard to reconcile the conflicting claims, and I know of no better way to hit the just medium than by trying to keep ourselves always in touch with Jesus Christ, and then outward labour of any sort, whether for the bread that perishes or for His kingdom ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - St. John Chapters I to XIV • Alexander Maclaren

... situation indeed which might have shaken the fortitude of one more accustomed to struggle with danger. The clouds had now lost their colour of yellowish dun, and assumed a livid lead colour which contrasted powerfully with the white livery in which all things were already arrayed: the snowflakes, conflicting with the baffling wind as they descended, "tormented all the air,"—and, to the eye of one looking upwards, seemed to cross—thwart—and mazily interweave with each other as rapidly as a weaver's shuttle, ...

— Walladmor: - And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. - In Two Volumes. Vol. II. • Thomas De Quincey

... friends were passing out. Their latter speeches had scarce been understood by Ambrose, even if he heard them, so full was he of conflicting feelings, now ready to cast himself before their feet, and entreat the Dean to help him to guidance, now withheld by bashfulness, unwillingness to interrupt, and ingenuous shame at appearing like an eavesdropper towards such dignified and venerable personages. Had he obeyed ...

— The Armourer's Prentices • Charlotte Mary Yonge

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