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adj. Opposed, as in character or purpose: contrary opinions; acts that are contrary to our code of ethics.

adj. Opposite in direction or position: Our boat took a course contrary to theirs. See Synonyms at opposite.

adj. Music Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval: playing scales in contrary motion.

adj. Adverse; unfavorable: a contrary wind.

adj. Given to recalcitrant behavior; willful or perverse.

n. Something that is opposite or contrary.

n. Either of two opposing or contrary things: "Truth is perhaps . . . a dynamic compound of opposites, savage contraries for a moment conjoined” ( A. Bartlett Giamatti).

n. Logic A proposition related to another in such a way that if the latter is true, the former must be false, but if the latter is false, the former is not necessarily true.

ad. In an opposite direction or manner; counter: The judge ruled contrary to all precedent in the case.

idiom. by contraries Obsolete In opposition to what is expected.

idiom. on the contrary In opposition to what has been stated or what is expected: I'm not sick; on the contrary, I'm in the peak of health.

idiom. to the contrary To the opposite effect from what has been stated or what is expected: Despite what you say to the contary, this contract is fair.

adj. opposed in nature

adj. strongly dissimilar

ad. Contrarily

n. The opposite.

n. One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.

v. To oppose; to frustrate.

v. To impugn.

v. To contradict (someone or something).

v. To do the opposite of (someone or something).

v. To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.

v. To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.

v. To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

adj. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.

adj. Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.

adj. Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward.

adj. Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other.

n. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.

n. An opponent; an enemy.

n. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another. See Converse, n., 1.

n. See Contraries.

v. To contradict or oppose; to thwart.

Opposite; opposed; at the opposite point or in an opposite direction.

In botany, at right angles to: as, a silique compressed contrary to the dissepiment (that is, in a direction at right angles to it, in distinction from a parallel direction).

Extremely unlike; the most unlike of anything within the same class: thus, hot and cold, up and down, sage and fool, heaven and hell, are contrary terms.

Adverse; hostile; opposing; antagonistic; opposite; conflicting.

Given to contradiction; acting in opposition; captious; perverse; intractable; unaccommodating.

Wilful, Untoward, etc. See wayward.

n. One of a pair of objects placed at opposite points or seen in opposite directions; an opposite.

n. One of a pair of characters, propositions, statements, or terms, the most different possible within the same general sphere or class. See I., 3.

n. A contradiction; a denial.

n. An adversary.

In a contrary way; with a contrary result.

In heraldry, oppositely; contrariwise: said of two bearings each of which is in some sense the reverse of the other.

To oppose; contradict.

adj. very opposed in nature or character or purpose

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline

n. a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

n. exact opposition

n. a relation of direct opposition

adj. in an opposing direction

adj. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false

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different    disobedient    unfavourable    unfavorable    antonymous   

logical relation    opposition    oppositeness   

in contrary    mediate and immediate contraries    to the contrary    on the contrary   

contra    counter   

converse    contraries   

contrarily    contrarian    contrary to    contrariwise    to the contrary    on the contrary   

inimical    inconsistent    hostile    repugnant    discordant    adverse    opposite    opposed    contradictory    perverse   

Arie    Azeri    Barrie    Barry    Berri    Berry    Bury    Canary    Carey    Carrie   

contradictory    opposite    absurd    hostile    unjust    unreasonable    reasonable    negative    dangerous    adverse