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CONFLICTED
Verb
conflicted
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
Adjective
conflicted (comparative more conflicted, superlative most conflicted)
(North America, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Possessing a conflict of interest.
Anagrams
• deconflict
Source: Wiktionary
CONFLICT
Con"flict, n. [L. conflictus a striking together, fr. confligere, - flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf. F. conflit, formerly also conflict. See Conflict, v.]
1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
2. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager for action and conflict. Macaulay.
An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. W. H. Seward.
Conflict of laws, that branch of jurisprudence which deals with individual litigation claimed to be subject to the conflicting laws of two or more states or nations; -- often used as synonymous with Private international law.
Syn. -- Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife; contention; battle; fight; encounter. See Contest.
Con*flict", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conflicting.] [L. conflictus, p. p. of confligere to conflict (cf. conflictare); con- + fligere to strike; cf. Gr. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.]
1. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. Shak.
Fire and water conflicting together. Bacon.
2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
A man would be content to . . . conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. Abp. Tillotson.
3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
The laws of the United States and of the individual States may, in some cases, conflict with each other. Wheaton.
Syn. -- To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat; strive; battle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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