All friction synonyms

noun friction

• rubbing — an act or instance of rubbing: an alcohol rub.
• disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
• agitation — If someone is in a state of agitation, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
• resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
• irritation — the act of irritating or the state of being irritated.
• discontent — not content; dissatisfied; discontented.
• disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
• discord — lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
• hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
• antagonism — Antagonism between people is hatred or dislike between them. Antagonisms are instances of this.
• dissension — strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
• resentment — the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• strife — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
• bad blood — If you say that there is bad blood between people, you mean that they have argued about something and dislike each other.
• hassle — a disorderly dispute.
• animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
• quarrel — a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
• rivalry — the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition: rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
• hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
• conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• wrangling — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
• bickering — to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
• rasping — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
• soreness — physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part: a sore arm.
• grinding — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
• traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
• abrasion — An abrasion is an area on a person's body where the skin has been scraped.
• grating — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
• attrition — Attrition is a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.
• massage — the act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading, patting, or the like, to stimulate circulation, increase suppleness, relieve tension, etc.
• scraping — an act or instance of scraping.
• chafing — to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
• opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
• faction — a form of writing or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if they were fictional or uses them as an integral part of a fictional account.
• ruckus — a noisy commotion; fracas; rumpus: The losers are sure to raise a ruckus.
• interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
• counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
• rumpus — a noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar: There was a terrible rumpus going on upstairs.
• incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
• flak — antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
• row — record
• set-to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
• impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
• fretting — to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
• trituration — the act of triturating.
• bone to pick — (usually with with) An item of disagreement to complain about or resolve.
• factionalism — of a faction or factions.
• contact — Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.