SUPPORTIVENESSES Antonyms
Definition of SUPPORTIVENESSES
Best Opposite Words For SUPPORTIVENESSES
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| antagonism | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of deep-seated ill-will • the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors • an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility • (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure | ||||||||
| aversion | nounn | |||||||
noun • a feeling of intense dislike • the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away | ||||||||
| criticism | nounn | |||||||
noun • disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings • a serious examination and judgment of something • a written evaluation of a work of literature | ||||||||
| defiance | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act | ||||||||
| hostility | nounn | |||||||
noun • a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition • a state of deep-seated ill-will • the feeling of a hostile person • violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | ||||||||
| obstruction | nounn | |||||||
noun • any structure that makes progress difficult • the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction • something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted • the act of obstructing • getting in someone's way | ||||||||
| opposition | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected • the relation between opposed entities • the act of hostile groups opposing each other • a contestant that you are matched against • a body of people united in opposing something • a direction opposite to another • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | ||||||||
| resistance | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||||
