contrariness in English

noun

[con·tra·ri·ness || 'kɒntrərɪnɪs]

stubborn opposition, antagonism; opposing directio

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1. 3 synonyms for Crankiness: crotchetiness, grumpiness, contrariness

2. Cussedness: 1 n meanspirited disagreeable contrariness Synonyms: orneriness Type of: contrariness , perverseness , perversity deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

3. Synonyms for Contrariety include polarity, contradiction, opposition, antithesis, oppositeness, contrast, contrariness, contraposition, contradistinction and

4. Synonyms for Contradistinctions include contrast, polarities, contradiction, contrarieties, contrariness, antitheses, contrapositions, oppositeness, difference and

5. Synonyms for Contumacy include insubordination, defiance, recalcitrance, rebellion, rebelliousness, disobedience, contrariness, obstreperousness, refractoriness and

6. Synonyms for Cussedness include obstinacy, perversity, pigheadedness, stubbornness, willfulness, cantankerousness, nastiness, orneriness, contrariness and

7. Crankiness: 1 n a fussy and eccentric disposition Synonyms: contrariness , crotchetiness , grumpiness Type of: ill nature a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition

8. Definition of CONTRARIANT, CONTRARIES, CONTRARINESS, Contrarious, ContrariousLY, and CONTRARY from the King James Bible Dictionary Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name

9. It was only a black enameled figure to him but his contrariness kept him from selling it to me when I made him an offer.

10. Hypernyms ("Cussedness" is a kind of): contrariness; perverseness; perversity (deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline) Derivation: cussed (stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing)