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contrary
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 contrary
A relation of direct opposition.
synoniemen: opposite, reverse.
Nederlands: omgekeerde, tegendeel, tegenovergestelde, tegengestelde, antipode, pool, tegenpool, tegenvoeter
Pools: odwrotność, przeciwieństwo
2 contrary
3 contrary
A logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 contrary
Very opposed in nature or character or purpose.
Roget 14:
contrary,
contrarious†,
contrariant†;
opposite,
counter,
dead against;
converse,
reverse;
opposed,
antithetical,
contrasted,
antipodean,
antagonistic,
opposing;
conflicting,
inconsistent,
contradictory,
at cross purposes;
negative;
hostile
etc.
703.
differing toto coelo [Lat.];
diametrically opposite;
diametrically opposed;
as opposite as black and white,
as opposite as light and darkness,
as opposite as fire and water,
as opposite as the poles;
as different as night and day;
Hyperion to a satyr"
[Hamlet];
quite the contrary,
quite the reverse;
no such thing,
just the other way,
tout au contraire [Fr.].
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Roget 179:
counteracting
etc.
v.;
antagonistic,
conflicting,
retroactive,
renitent,
reactionary;
contrary
etc.
14.
2 contrary
Of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false.
3 contrary
Resistant to guidance or discipline:
— Mary Mary quite contrary.
synoniemen: obstinate, perverse, wayward.
Roget 608:
capricious;
erratic,
eccentric,
fitful,
hysterical;
full of whims
etc.
n.;
maggoty;
inconsistent,
fanciful,
fantastic,
whimsical,
crotchety,
kinky [U.S.],
particular,
humorsome†,
freakish,
skittish,
wanton,
wayward;
contrary;
captious;
arbitrary;
unconformable
etc.
83;
penny wise and pound foolish;
fickle
etc.
(irresolute)
605;
frivolous,
sleeveless,
giddy,
volatile.
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Pools: przekorny
4 contrary
In an opposing direction:
— A contrary wind.
synoniem: adverse.
Roget 708:
opposing,
opposed
etc.
v.;
adverse,
antagonistic;
contrary
etc.
14;
at variance
etc.
24;
at issue,
at war with.
unfavorable,
unfriendly;
hostile,
inimical,
cross,
unpropitious.
in hostile array,
front to front,
with crossed bayonets,
at daggers drawn;
up in arms;
resistant
etc.
719.
competitive,
emulous.
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