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Conflicting   /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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"Conflicting" Quotes from Famous Books



... plastic and active mind, on which every thing makes an impression, where one idea follows another in such rapid succession, that the former is not so entirely removed, but that some remains of it are amalgamated with its successor. A youth whose intellect is thus tossed in a whirlpool of conflicting speculations, resembles a goodly ship newly launched, which, until properly steadied by ballast, reels from side to side, the sport of every undulation ...
— The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White - With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas • Henry Kirke White

... first. Would your sapiens swear to the truth of any geometrical result whatever? (116) Let us see which one of actual physical systems the sapiens we are seeking will select (117). He must choose one teacher from among the conflicting schools of Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenos, Anaxagoras, Xenophanes, Leucippus, Democritus, Empedocles, Heraclitus, Melissus, Plato and Pythagoras. The remaining teachers, great men though they be, he must reject (118). Whatever system he selects he must know ...
— Academica • Marcus Tullius Cicero

... date should be fixed for the wedding, and Sara, with a dreary feeling that nothing really mattered very much, listlessly acquiesced. Driven by conflicting influences she had burned her boats, and the sooner all signs of the conflagration were obliterated ...
— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler

... grey in the face; his lips were trembling and a drop of saliva was trickling from their corners. It was easy to guess the seething turmoil of his whole being, shaken by conflicting emotions, by the clash between greed and fear. Suddenly he burst out; and it was obvious that his words were pouring forth at random, without his knowing in the least what he ...
— The Eight Strokes of the Clock • Maurice Leblanc

... condensed statement and investigation of the natural and scriptural evidences, is the result of an endeavour on Evelyn's part to satisfy himself amidst the startling manifestations of infidelity, fanaticism, and conflicting opinion by which he found ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 • Various


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