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Definition of 'contrariness' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) contrariness, perversity, perverseness
deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

2. (noun) crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness
a fussy and eccentric disposition


Definition of 'contrariness' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) contrariness
state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy


Translation of 'contrariness' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: obstinate; unreasonable.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: koppigheid Arabic flag Arabic: تَناقُض، تَعاكُس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дух на противоречие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: teimosia Czech flag Czech: paličatost German flag German: die Gegensätzlichkeit
Danish flag Danish: vrangvillighed, modvillig Greek flag Greek: ξεροκεφαλιά, πείσμα Spanish flag Spanish: terquedad, obstinación
Estonian flag Estonian: vastalisus Farsi flag Farsi: لجاجت Finnish flag Finnish: vastahakoisuus
French flag French: esprit de contradiction Hebrew flag Hebrew: דָווקָאוּת Hindi flag Hindi: प्रतिकूलता
Croatian flag Croatian: suprotstavljanje, protivl Hungarian flag Hungarian: ellenállás, ellentmondásr Indonesian flag Indonesian: sikap melawan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þvermóðska Italian flag Italian: spirito di contraddizione Japanese flag Japanese: つむじ曲り
Korean flag Korean: 반대, 외고집 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: priešgynumas Latvian flag Latvian: ietiepība
Malay flag Malay: bantahan Dutch flag Dutch: weerbarstigheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: vrangvillighet, obsternas
Polish flag Polish: przekora Persian flag Persian: لجاجت Pashto flag Pashto: لجوج
Portuguese flag Portuguese: teimosia Romanian flag Romanian: spirit de contradicţie Russian flag Russian: своенравие
Slovak flag Slovak: tvrdohlavosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: kljubovanje Serbian flag Serbian: tvrdoglavost
Swedish flag Swedish: motsträvighet, envetenhet Thai flag Thai: ความดื้อดึง Turkish flag Turkish: zıtlık, aksilik
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 故意作對 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: упертість, свавілля Urdu flag Urdu: تخالف، تضاد
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự bướng bỉnh Chinese flag Chinese: 故意作对

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