play at cross-purposes



clash, conflict, contradict, contrast with, controvert, counter, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, cross, go against, offset, oppose, protest, resist,

   stricture - abbreviation, adverse criticism, anathema, animadversion, arraignment, arrest, aspersion, astringency, bad notices, bad press, blame, blockage, blocking, bottleneck, captiousness,

   fleecy-white - chalky, frosted, frosty, grizzled, grizzly, hoar, hoary, marble, milky, silver, silvery, snowy, white ,

   yours truly - I, alter ego, better self, ego, he, her, him, inner man, it, me, number one, oneself, other self, self, she,

   without premeditation - carelessly, heedlessly, inadvertently, involuntarily ,

   bitching - beef, beefing, bellyache, bitch, complaining, complaint, crabby, cranky, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, dissent, envious,

   countryman - backwoodsman, bumpkin, clodhopper, clown, compatriot, countrywoman, fellah, hayseed, hind, peasant, peon, provincial ,

   singing club - choir, chorale, chorus, ensemble ,

   underscored - decided, emphatic, forceful, forcible, italicized, pointed, positive, stressed ,

   profanity - bad language, blasphemousness, blasphemy, blue language, colourful language, cursing, cussing, desecration, dirty language, dirty talk, evil speaking, execration, filth, filthy language, foul language,

   wear out - ablate, abrade, beat, bugger, burden, burn out, crush one, debilitate, do in, do up, enervate, erode, exhaust, fag, fag out,