Đồng nghĩa của contended

Alternative for contended

contends, contended, contending

Đồng nghĩa: argue, fight, quarrel, struggle,

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(general) To have made a claim
said stated announced asserted attested declared exclaimed remarked affirmed alleged alluded argued conveyed intimated proclaimed added answered blurted claimed maintained observed opined blabbered commented communicated crowed enounced enunciated imparted indicated insisted intoned mentioned noted piped predicted professed pronounced proposed protested read recited related replied responded spieled stressed suggested testified uttered voiced vouched emphasized averred emphasised avowed sweared cited pressed asseverated offered avouched predicated pleaded pled sayed broadcast prest put into words put forth swore put about that put across put forward advanced held brought forward rumored upheld adduced certified championed rumoured justified sworn made a case talked told articulated vocalized expressed verbalized aired vented relayed divulged relaid worded reported broadcasted promulgated disclosed detailed delivered shouted revealed advertized spilled cried advertised denoted addrest phrased mumbled repeated outlined sounded presented chattered admitted muttered orated addressed spilt mouthed explained spouted publicized purported yakked brought out quoted recounted verbalised narrated drawled clarified blabbed specified declaimed regurgitated summarized sounded out yammered chirped murmured gassed translated spelt out come out with confessed signalled popped off soliloquized spelled out reeled off made public got across got off retold rehearsed jawed made clear publicised evinced made known modulated signaled summarised exposed talked about lipped passed vocalised piped up with whispered gabbed perorated upholden holden spoke gave voice to threw out thrown out gotten across given away spoke about came out with spake spoken about given utterance to gave utterance to gave away gotten off given voice to spoken readen burst out published heralded spread annunciated trumpeted blazoned blared put let out put in words put over set forth flapped gave out given out rapped rejoined phonated raised released ventilated tabled disseminated posted broached mooted submitted discussed couched framed debated blazed flashed placarded circulated designated propounded expounded advocated imported looked formulated gave voice hinted insinuated inflected bespoke informed connoted intonated broke silence poured out rendered warbled clad moaned called out testified to roared got over allegated reasserted groaned talked of yelled yodelled pointed out reaffirmed belted out laid down yodeled crooned clothed made out emitted canaried brought into the open shouted from the rooftops given voice broken silence given gave spoken of rung out rang out spoke of bespake bespoken putten given utterance gone into gave testimony gave utterance attested to given testimony borne witness gotten over spoke out lay down gave expression given vent to gave expression to gave vent to bore witness went into given expression given expression to spoken out

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Past tense for to engage in a competition or contest
competed fought foughten vied contested strove strived striven struggled battled grappled challenged clashed skirmished tussled combatted combated emulated opposed raced rivalled rivaled scuffled squabbled warred wrestled disputed jostled confronted controverted coped encountered faced joined battle litigated locked horns met oppugned pushed resisted ran run stood tugged waged war withstood crossed swords dealt with went after gone after went for gone for had at nominated yourself pushed for scrambled for shot at shot for tangled with gave one's all given one's all went for broke gone for broke went for it gone for it went for jugular gone for jugular went head to head gone head to head jockeyed for position knocked oneself out made play for put up with put yourself forward gave all one's got given all one's got mixed it up with wrangled brawled quarreled quarrelled scrapped argued feuded bickered sparred disagreed engaged rowed attacked altercated come to blows conflicted duelled dueled tilted tangled scrimmaged took on taken on set to countered quibbled jockeyed spatted spat had a dust-up jousted exchanged blows put up a fight had a fight debated assaulted jarred hassled bumped heads came to blows rassled tackled fought like cat and dog had a row had a punch-up argufied differed collided campaigned chopped logic done battle did battle had words played off defied locked antlers matched repelled boxed roughhoused played pitted come into conflict clashed with engaged in conflict skirmished with tiffed brabbled bucked disaccorded discorded had a dispute fell out fallen out dissented come to grips discepted had a set-to crusaded objected to vied with mixed it up competed with had a tiff competed against failed to agree wrought worked romped bandied words squared off essayed scrambled agitated made war sweat tourneyed bid engaged in hostilities set upon bandied hit each other struggled against fenced cuffed grappled with struck defended had a disagreement had an altercation traversed contended with campaigned against contradicted questioned laid into objected fought for had at it picked a bone had a scrap had a barney went up against gone up against entered the lists went at it hammer and tongs gone at it hammer and tongs put up an argument had a spat put on gloves set as rivals had a misunderstanding put in opposition put up a fight against protested against put up dukes set against let have it stood up to came into conflict slugged came to grips hastened rushed mounted an attack taken issue with took issue with pressed prest lobbied grunted exerted strained endeavored dealt traded punches assailed disported sported sweated endeavoured tried attempted gone to war went to war fought with contrasted manoeuvred juggled showed maneuvered duked it out manhandled closed pitted oneself against scrabbled toyed rollicked skylarked dallied frolicked launched threaped stoushed assaulted each other swedged messed participated in pitted yourself against matched strength coped with matched wits pitched oneself against run for sought prize tried to beat discussed butted heads matched yourself against scrapped with wrested with waged war against protected warred against attacked each other scrimmaged with punched each other striven against strove against shot bombarded braved sparred with tasted battle mounted an attack on entered into combat with traded blows stricken interfered mismatched disharmonized quarreled with got to grips gotten to grips exchanged blows with brushed with flared up lit into plied weapons fought over waged war on made haste gone for the gold went for the gold mooted canvased canvassed cut and thrusted argued with addressed yourself to raised fists slugged it out started fighting fought a duel beared arms gainsaid messed with nonconcurred fought like Kilkenny cats raced against raced with carried on war paltered haggled zapped come to close quarters with demurred gone for the jugular went for the jugular denounced engaged in combat took up arms taken up arms knuckled with raised Cain vied for investigated opposed action had it out joined battle with charged rallied against stood up and be counted against tussled for queried addrest argy-bargied tossed around called out hashed over negated challenged for impeached had an argument screamed at contended for varied broken a lance inquired jumped on called into question contented against divided complained disproved flown in the face of demurred against fought against undermined exchanged views marched against faced off against demurred about crossed called in question come up against remonstrated taken part bumped disapproved contradicted each other diverged from faced down carried on hostilities caviled broke a lance socked contended against thrashed out battled for taken exception refuted met head-on caterwauled spared no effort participated disagreed with impugned ripped into each other tried to win come to blows with made a stand against struggled for laid out feuded with tried for took the field carped recreated tried to extinguish took part flew in the face of squared up ganged up on interrogated differed from broke with tested taken the field rebutted embroiled taken issue tried to put out conducted a war found fault accosted competed for dissented from kicked around talked over took exception took issue hashed out disapproved of become involved jumped on one's case setted your face against cavilled rebelled against enquired addressed broken with laid a finger on denied spoke spoken spake bade steeplechased shown took taken done battle with did battle with broke broken brake ran for begun battle with battled with began battle with went for each other gone for each other went the knuckle bandied with gone the knuckle shotten argued against gone out went out took all comers taken all comers shown jump showed jump batted around lay out fallen on fell on took up arms against taken up arms against gotten tough with got tough with went up against in contest gone up against in contest taken up the gauntlet took up the gauntlet became involved came up against spoke against spoken against thrown down disproven taken exception to threw down took exception to came to blows with gone at it went at it engagde in engaged in took a stand against taken a stand against came to close quarters with took the field against taken the field against given battle to gave battle to went one on one with went toe to toe with gone one on one with gone toe to toe with went eyeball to eyeball with gone eyeball to eyeball with took part in a race taken part in a race struggled with crossed swords with faced up to locked horns with warded off fought to the finish fought it out wrestled with fended off beat affronted engaged with put up a struggle warred with repulsed rebuffed dared protested handled staved off stove off demonstrated beared arms against suffered experienced endured beared counterattacked advocated countenanced eyeballed swallowed sustained bearded courted stomached risked tolerated fought off contravened held at bay collided with allowed outfaced ventured abode outbraved breasted abided brooked cried out gave no quarter given no quarter fought for King and country fought for Queen and country braced for jumped on each other picked an argument closed with shot it out with raised a fuss hammered away held out against stood firm met head on fought back kept at bay had at each other turned down socked it to rehashed verbally fought held off submitted to stuck it to pettifogged got into conflict with played against tussled with had shouting match made a stand knocked around talked back fought back against sassed battled against come into conflict with stirred up opinion remained firm given battle gave battle driven drove drave druv bore borne beaten brazened came into conflict with gone one on one gotten in one's face got in one's face went one on one flew in face of flown in face of took the bull by the horns taken the bull by the horns bit the bullet

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Past tense for to give reasons or cite evidence in support of an idea, action, or theory
argued asserted maintained reasoned claimed held holden insisted advanced alleged attested averred declared expostulated pleaded pled proclaimed stated testified avowed certified challenged defended explained opined posited postulated propounded questioned submitted swore sweared sworn adduced advocated suggested asseverated deposed implied moved professed remonstrated appealed presented prevailed upon made a case made a case for gave reasons for given reasons for affirmed avouched purported warranted protested put forward pronounced announced vowed sayed said guaranteed cited upheld laid down supported prest pressed represented vouched acknowledged predicated established put forth verified admitted made out upholden pretended lay down indicated stressed confirmed vindicated pledged backed endorsed repeated emphasized confessed emphasised proposed charged offered broadcast put reasserted reaffirmed volunteered intimated ventured justified validated promised expressed proved sustained signified conveyed stipulated witnessed owned vouched for insisted on recognized pressed for allowed set recognised owned up said so crossed heart put on ice espoused borne witness bore witness advised syllogized swore on bible swore up and down sworn up and down sworn on bible substantiated hinted insinuated accused imputed broadcasted recited recounted laid authenticated ratified corroborated dictated reiterated responded given evidence gave evidence demonstrated championed voiced evidenced extenuated assured uttered notified seemed ensured excused bolstered told disclosed meaned appeared meant bore out prove proven borne out insured guarantied rendered allegated passed informed requested enforced protected refuted seconded rehabilitated disproved rationalised disculpated shielded whitewashed connoted guarded confuted rationalized used as excuse copped a plea impersonated intended imported own secured denoted personated laid claim betokened offered grounds for beared witness to testified to asserted that one is mouthed off granted encouraged insisted upon alleged that one is masqueraded as represented oneself as nailed down used as an excuse agreed pushed for sponsored crossed one's heart clinched stood up for passed for delegated pleaded for setted oneself up answered for had a lock on proclaimed that one is shot one's wad maintained that one is backed up stood behind spouted stuck up for cinched feigned the identity of iced brought forward conceded constated setted oneself up as posed as stood by laid down the law shot off one's mouth lent weight to crooned popped off soapboxed locked up spieled stumped come out opened up okayed pointed to implied that one is talked big passed oneself off as putten drew conclusions drawn conclusions answered charges undertaken undertook underwritten underwrote disproven sworn to swore to spoke out spoken out taken a stand took a stand gave testimony given testimony gave credence to done justice to did justice to given credence to given an undertaking rubber-stamped gave an undertaking taken an oath took an oath given grounds for gave grounds for came out gotten off chest acted as if gotten on soapbox blown hot air got off chest sang got on soapbox sungen blew hot air sung

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Past tense for to make a concerted effort towards achieving a result

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Past tense for to analyze or argue against a claim or piece of information
debated argued contested rebutted challenged debunked disproved disproven disputed refuted contradicted controverted countered opposed addressed addrest denied discredited examined mooted queried questioned rejected repudiated altercated answered bandied canvassed contravened disaffirmed disavowed invalidated canvased crushed disclaimed negated wrangled argued against confuted disconfirmed pettifogged quashed squelched argued about called into question contended over disagreed with objected to proved false proven false proved wrong proven wrong tore down torn down agitated against differed with dissented against hammered away at picked a bone put up argument quibbled about quibbled over showed up argued the pros and cons of gave thumbs down to given thumbs down to picked an argument with protested against proved to be false proved to be wrong shot down showed to be false shown to be false showed to be wrong shown to be wrong took issue with taken issue with blew out of the water blown out of the water blew sky high blown sky high declared to be untrue had an argument about shot down in flames took a stand against taken a stand against shot full of holes wondered about bandied words concerning disowned negatived disallowed canceled out parried burnt abnegated canceled disposed of cancelled silenced replied to everted cancelled out burned topped exposed convicted gainsaid burned down broke burnt down brake overthrew overthrown broken put under suspicion cast doubt on belied exploded doubted confounded impugned falsified impeached oppugned discounted poked full of holes called in pooh-poohed raised doubts about drove a coach and horses through gave the lie to driven a coach and horses through blown sky-high given the lie to blew sky-high

Tính từ

Giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement
controversial contentious debatable disputable disputed disputatious arguable controvertible delicate difficult divisive dubious polemical sensitive dubitable emotive moot polemic provocative questionable suspect tendentious vexed awkward contestable contested debateable problematic debated doubtable doubtful heated hot notorious uncertain hot-button under discussion at issue in dispute open to discussion open to question unsettled open to debate argumentative unsure equivocal scrappy ambivalent quarrelsome unresolved borderline undecided critical unconfirmed iffy issuable negotiable dodgy unsound mootable touchy problematical tricky sticky ticklish knotty thorny open to doubt prickly hairy troublesome tough complicated unclear taxing undetermined up in the air catchy precarious tricksy spiny nasty chancy in doubt hard complex intricate involved perplexing unestablished fishy open indefinite indeterminate trying yet to be decided ambiguous indecisive dicey irksome worrying upsetting vexatious bothersome dangerous unconcluded concerning suspicious unproven unreliable uncomfortable volatile convoluted risky vague litigious salty spiky opinionated factious contrary fire-eating eristic emotional spurious inflammatory flimsy in question having a chip on one's shoulder unpleasant impassioned paradoxical puzzling unpredictable unknown marginal inconclusive conjectural baffling unsupported unreasonable unverified speculative belligerent combative pugnacious pending shady queer shaky subject to debate tenuous weak untrustworthy embarrassing undependable nettlesome unsubstantiated persuasive on ice suppositive suppositious on the back burner up for discussion subjective uneasy clouded hotheaded unlikely unclassifiable scandalous tender outstanding unascertained bold outspoken uncompromising passionate like herding cats tentative peripheral frontier bordering ongoing in contention nice inexact hair-trigger bleak dire unsteady unstable groundless unfounded unsolved unanswered in the balance baseless unwarranted inconstant capricious fickle temperamental mercurial rocky variable changeable fractious hazardous onerous challenging forbidding arduous grim grievous untested ill-founded sub judice open for discussion yet to be settled not yet settled much debated unjustifiable unjustified unattested uncorroborated awful punishing rough dark disagreeable distressing perilous worrisome far from certain presumed assumed not validated unfriendly bitter disturbing spartan hostile tight foundationless without basis invalid nonvalid without foundation nebulous kid-glove unprovable apocryphal undefined moving touching open to suspicion not backed up by evidence occult obscure hypothetical cryptic enigmatic contingent rational logical hard to believe rationalistic sentimental stirring exciting thrilling affecting harassing under advisement not obvious under examination not definite dialectical poignant heart-warming tear-jerking heart-rending severe formidable analytic affective affectional heartwarming analytical dialectic riddling not yet established a live issue a moot point a controversial subject a matter of opinion betwixt and between touch and go bone of contention the jury's out between sixes and sevens between rock and hard place

Trái nghĩa của contended

contended Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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