English noun: contrariness | |||
| 1. | contrariness (attribute) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | ||
| Synonyms | perverseness, perversity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cussedness, orneriness | ||
| 2. | contrariness (attribute) a fussy and eccentric disposition | ||
| Synonyms | crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ill nature | ||