At cross purposes
Synonyms for "at cross purposes" (103 found)
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adversativeadverseadverse toadversiveagainstagainst the grainagainst the tideagainst the windantagonisticantiantipatheticantitheticantonymousat cross-purposes withat daggersat daggers drawnat enmityat feudat issueat loggerheads
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at odds
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at outsat squareat strifeat varianceat warat war withathwartbalancingclashingcompensatingconconflictingconfrontingcontracontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrariwisecontrary
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contrastedconversecountercounter tocounterbalancingcounterpoisedcountervailingcrankycrossdead againstdiffering
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disaccordantdisagreeabledisagreeingdiscordantdiscrepantdisharmoniousdisproportionatedissidentdissonantdivergenteyeball to eyeballeyeball-to-eyeballgratinghostileimmisciblein conflict within confrontationin hostile arrayin oppositionin opposition to
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inaccordantincompatibleinconsistentinharmoniousinimicalinversejanglingjarringnegativeobverseon the outsopposedopposed toopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantout of accordout of whackperverserepugnantreversesquared offuncongenialunharmoniousup in armsvariantversusvis-a-viswith crossed bayonets