COLD WAR Synonyms

• coldness due to a cold environment

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

• a sudden numbing dread

• depress or discourage

• make cool or cooler

• loose heat

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

• an incompatibility of dates or events

• opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• be in conflict

• go against, as of rules and laws

• a bold challenge

• discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions

• a hostile disagreement face-to-face

• the act of hostile groups opposing each other

• a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison

• lack of agreement or harmony

• disagreement among those expected to cooperate

• a harsh mixture of sounds

• strife resulting from a lack of agreement

• be different from one another

• a state of deep-seated ill-will

• the feeling of a hostile person

• separation resulting from hostility

• the feeling of being alienated from other people

• a state of conflict between persons

• the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

• effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

• fighting; acts of overt warfare

• the act of competing as for profit or a prize

• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

• the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• the physical condition of being stretched or strained

• a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)

• (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body

• feelings of hostility that are not manifest

• the action of stretching something tight