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English noun: contrariness

1. contrariness (attribute) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline


Synonymsperverseness, perversity


Broader (hypernym)fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness


Narrower (hyponym)cussedness, orneriness

2. contrariness (attribute) a fussy and eccentric disposition


Synonymscrankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness


Broader (hypernym)ill nature









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