Synonyms:
- against the grain,
- against the tide,
- against the wind,
- all ready,
- all set,
- armed,
- armed and ready,
- at cross-purposes,
- at daggers,
- at daggers drawn,
- at feud,
- at issue,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at square,
- at strife,
- at variance,
- at war,
- at war with,
- athwart,
- booted and spurred,
- briefed,
- coached,
- cocked,
- complaining,
- contra,
- contrariwise,
- counter,
- cross,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- equipped,
- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- familiarized,
- fractious,
- good and ready,
- groomed,
- in arms,
- in battle array,
- in confrontation,
- in hostile array,
- in opposition,
- in readiness,
- in the saddle,
- informed,
- loaded,
- loaded for bear,
- mature,
- mobilized,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- on the mark,
- planned,
- prearranged,
- prepared,
- prepared and ready,
- prepped,
- primed,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- provided,
- psyched up,
- ready,
- ready for anything,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- ripe,
- set,
- uncooperative,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- vigilant,
- well-prepared,
- with crossed bayonets,
- withstanding