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  1. opposedadjective

    Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

    Synonyms:
    alien, alien, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, foreign, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, remote, strange, unconnected, unlike

    Antonyms:
    akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

    Preposition:
    Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. opposedadjective

    being in opposition or having an opponent

    "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"

    Antonyms:
    unopposed

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#15258conflicting
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#52578unconnected
#87366bucked
#109233impertinent

How to use opposed in a sentence?

  1. Antoine De Saint-Exupery:

    The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.

  2. Mark Twain:

    I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.

  3. Barack Obama:

    I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

  4. William Shakespeare:

    Beware Of entrance to a quarrel but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy rich, not gaudy For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

  5. President Barack Obama:

    The reason that Mitch McConnell and the rest of the folks in his caucus who opposed this jumped out and opposed this before they even read it, before it was even posted, is reflective of a ideological commitment not to get a deal done, in that sense they do have much more in common with the hardliners who are much more satisfied with the status quo.


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