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Contention – Crossword Clue

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Contention.

Clue Length Answer
Contention3 letterswar
  1. Definition: 1. a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"

Contention3 lettersrub
  1. Definition: 1. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

Contention4 lettersrace
  1. Definition: 1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Contention4 letterstiff
  1. Definition: 1. a quarrel about petty points

Contention4 lettersspat
  1. Definition: 1. a quarrel about petty points

Contention4 lettersfray
  1. Definition: 1. cause friction; "my sweater scratches"

Contention5 lettersclaim
  1. Definition: 1. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;

Contention5 lettersnoise
  1. Definition: 1. emit a noise

Contention5 lettersstory
  1. Definition: 1. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

Contention5 lettersspite
  1. Definition: 1. hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

Contention5 letterssnarl
  1. Definition: 1. make more complicated or confused through entanglements

Contention6 lettersthesis
  1. Definition: 1. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

Contention6 lettersset-to
  1. Definition: 1. a brief but vigorous fight

Contention6 lettersrumpus
  1. Definition: 1. cause a disturbance

Contention6 letterstussle
  1. Definition: 1. disorderly fighting

Contention6 lettersoutcry
  1. Definition: 1. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

Contention6 lettersstrife
  1. Definition: 1. bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

Contention6 lettersdebate
  1. Definition: 1. argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"

Contention6 letterstumult
  1. Definition: 1. the act of making a noisy disturbance

Contention6 lettershubbub
  1. Definition: 1. loud confused noise from many sources

Contention6 lettersbattle
  1. Definition: 1. an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"

Contention6 lettersuproar
  1. Definition: 1. loud confused noise from many sources

Contention7 letterstension
  1. Definition: 1. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"

Contention7 lettersrhubarb
  1. Definition: 1. long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened

Contention7 lettersrefusal
  1. Definition: 1. a message refusing to accept something that is offered

Contention7 lettersobloquy
  1. Definition: 1. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

Contention7 lettersquarrel
  1. Definition: 1. an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges

Contention7 lettersdispute
  1. Definition: 1. coming into conflict with

Contention7 lettersrespect
  1. Definition: 1. behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes"

Contention7 letterswrangle
  1. Definition: 1. herd and care for; "wrangle horses"

Contention7 letterswarfare
  1. Definition: 1. the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"

Contention7 lettersrivalry
  1. Definition: 1. the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

Contention8 lettersscramble
  1. Definition: 1. rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Contention8 lettersrebuttal
  1. Definition: 1. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder

Contention8 lettersvendetta
  1. Definition: 1. a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other

Contention8 lettersvariance
  1. Definition: 1. an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"

Contention8 lettersstruggle
  1. Definition: 1. strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

Contention8 letterssquabble
  1. Definition: 1. a quarrel about petty points

Contention9 letterswrestling
  1. Definition: 1. the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

Contention9 lettersencounter
  1. Definition: 1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

Contention9 letterswrangling

    Contention9 lettersrejection

      Contention10 lettersrepugnance
      1. Definition: 1. intense aversion

      Contention10 lettersresistance
      1. Definition: 1. the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"

      Contention10 lettersdisharmony
      1. Definition: 1. a lack of harmony

      Contention12 lettersundercurrent
      1. Definition: 1. a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning

      Contention14 lettersunpleasantness

        Contention15 letterscontentiousness



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