contrarious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /kənˈtrɛriəs/ UK /kənˈtreəriəs/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    opposed, perverse, or inclined to oppose (archaic)

    The contrarious old man disputed every word she said.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · opposed, perverse, or... contraryperverseopposedwaywardfrowardcontradictory
Word family
Derived forms contrariouslycontrariousness

Etymology

From Old French contrarios, from Late Latin contrariosus, from Latin contrarius ('opposite'), from contra ('against').

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