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What is "contrariness" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 15-05-2026 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does contrariness mean in English? Meaning of contrariness definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "contrariness" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "contrariness": deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

Noun

  • Meaning: deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
  • Synonyms: contrariness perverseness perversity
  • Hyponyms: cussedness orneriness
  • Hypernyms: fractiousness unruliness wilfulness willfulness

    • Meaning of "contrariness": a fussy and eccentric disposition

    Noun

  • Meaning: a fussy and eccentric disposition
  • Synonyms: contrariness crankiness crotchetiness grumpiness
  • Hypernyms: ill nature

    • Synonyms:

    polarity, contradistinction, antithesis, contradiction, contrariety, contrast, contraposition, oppositeness,

    Antonyms:

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