conflicting
Mutually opposed forces
Conflicting describes things that cannot both be true or cannot coexist peacefully.
Conflicting reports offer different versions of events.
Conflicting interests pull in opposite directions.
Conflicting emotions—like loving someone you're furious with—create inner tension: I had conflicting feelings about leaving home.
Unable to exist together
- irreconcilableImpossible to resolve together
- antitheticalDiametrically opposed to
- mutually exclusiveCannot both be true
- paradoxicalSeemingly absurd yet true
incongruous · discrepant · dichotomous · at odds · opposing · clashing · dissonant · divergent
Under uncomfortable tension
- fraughtFull of difficulty
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
charged · turbulent · volatile · hostile · antagonistic · acrimonious · bristling · simmering
Argued over, unresolved
- contestedArgued against, disputed
- debatedFormally argued opposing views
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- controversialCausing public dispute
divisive · dissenting · differing · opposing views · at variance · discordant · polarizing · argumentative
Pulled into pieces
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- quandaryState of perplexity
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
caught between · bind · impasse · deadlock · stalemate · indecisive · wavering · uncertain
incompatible
Unable to exist together
- irreconcilableImpossible to resolve together
- antitheticalDiametrically opposed to
- mutually exclusiveCannot both be true
paradoxical · incongruous · discrepant · dichotomous · at odds · opposing · clashing · dissonant · divergent · misaligned
strained
Under uncomfortable tension
- fraughtFull of difficulty
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
uneasy · charged · turbulent · volatile · hostile · antagonistic · acrimonious · bristling · simmering · escalating
disputed
Argued over, unresolved
- contestedArgued against, disputed
- debatedFormally argued opposing views
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
controversial · divisive · dissenting · differing · opposing views · at variance · discordant · polarizing · argumentative · contended
torn
Pulled into pieces
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- quandaryState of perplexity
caught between · predicament · bind · impasse · deadlock · stalemate · indecisive · wavering · uncertain · contradicted
reports
Formal written findings
data · sources · signals · messages · statements · stories · versions · narratives · claims · findings
- incompatibilityoil and water, chalk and cheese, apples and oranges, mismatch, clash
- discorddiscord, Discord, dissonance, discordance, dissonant
- mysteriousmysterious, cryptic, enigmatic, arcane, obscure
- unevenuneven, irregular, unequal, nonuniform, asymmetric
- contradictionsparadox, oxymoron, contradiction, paradoxes, oxymorons
conflictingharmonious
Pleasingly in accord
agreeing · concordant · compatible · congruent · consistent
- conflicting prioritiesMutually exclusive goals
- conflicting claimsIncompatible statements of fact