Definition of Contrariness

1. Noun. Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline.

Exact synonyms: Perverseness, Perversity
Generic synonyms: Fractiousness, Unruliness, Wilfulness, Willfulness
Specialized synonyms: Cussedness, Orneriness
Derivative terms: Contrary, Perverse, Perverse, Perverse

2. Noun. A fussy and eccentric disposition.
Exact synonyms: Crankiness, Crotchetiness, Grumpiness
Generic synonyms: Ill Nature
Derivative terms: Cranky, Crotchety, Grumpy

Definition of Contrariness

1. n. state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy.

Definition of Contrariness

1. Noun. The state of being contrary ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Contrariness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrariness

contrapuntal
contrapuntally
contrapuntist
contrapuntists
contraremonstrant
contraremonstrants
contrarian
contrarianism
contrarians
contrariantly
contraried
contraries
contrarieties
contrariety
contrarily
contrariness
contrarinesses
contrarious
contrariously
contrariousness
contrariwise
contrarotating
contrarotation
contrary
contrary to
contrary to fact
contrarying
contras
contrast

Literary usage of Contrariness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon (1908)
"CHAPTER VIII SPECIAL STROKES WITH WOODEN CLUBS The master stroke in golf—Intentional pulling and slicing—The contrariness of golf—When pulls and slices are ..."

2. Faults of Childhood and Youth by Michael Vincent O'Shea (1920)
"CHAPTER XXXVII Contrariness A concrete case: "I have a little girl three years old. She is contrary and 'sassy.' I try to tell her the right way about ..."

3. Revelations of Divine Love by Julian (1901)
"we are all in peace and in love, we find no contrariness, nor no manner of letting through that contrariness which is now in us ; [nay], our Lord of His ..."

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