contrary
- Adjective. opposed in nature.
- Adjective. strongly dissimilar.
- Adverb. Contrarily.
- Noun. The opposite.
- Noun. One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.
- Verb. (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
- Verb. (obsolete) To impugn.
- Verb. (obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
- Verb. (obsolete) To do the opposite of (''someone'' or ''something'').
- Verb. (obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition ''to''.
- Verb. (obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
- Verb. (obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.
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