Conflicting, a.
Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing.
Torn with sundry conflicting passions. Bp. Hurd.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for conflicting; he lists it under alien, incongruous.
Where he writes about it:
In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. — from alien