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At variance (with)
Answer for the clue "At variance (with) ", 7 letters:
at odds
Word definitions for at odds in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley [syn: at odds(p) , conflicting , contradictory , self-contradictory ] on bad terms; "they were usually ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Odds \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See Odd , a.] Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. The odds are often expressed ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
prep.phr. (context idiomatic English) in disagreement; conflicting
Usage examples of at odds.
It really was possible he was being influenced by the fact that the woman he loved-one of the women he loved-found her view so profoundly at odds with that of virtually everyone else in the current government.
There was pain in those eyes, and a grief utterly at odds with the ruthless image of the legend, and she felt strangely moved that he would lift his mask, however briefly, to share it with her.
For the first time Gus heard the account of the kidnapping of Lori and Mavra Chang and got a picture of the latter totally at odds with any memories he had of her back in the jungles.
The peacefulness of their effortless floating through the air was at odds with the turmoil inside Jim.
If your faith in me is so fickle, madam, then I can assure you, we'll be constantly at odds in our marriage.
It was probably because she had no strong wish to be at odds with him, since she was curious to know better the man who courted Miss Ming with such determination.
I can show you the personal diary of Marcus Antonius, senior Centurion of the Fourteenth Roman Legion, one of the most cold-blooded killers you'd ever hate to meet, who decried in his personal writings the fact that humans were so often at odds when they should be combining their forces against the Darhel, the Old Ones as he knew them.
Another good bet in Washington -- running at odds between two and three to one, these days, is that Nixon will crack both physically and mentally under all this pressure, and develop a serious psychosomatic illness of some kind: Maybe another bad case of pneumonia.
I mean, in the movies, we're always led to believe the FBI and CIA are always at odds.
It was a cool, lazy seduction at odds with the biting wind and racing snow.