Thesaurus: contrary

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1. a. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.
2. a. Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
3. a. Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.
4. a. Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.
5. n. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
6. n. An opponent; an enemy.
7. n. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1.
8. n. See Contraries.
9. adj. very opposed in nature or character or purpose
10. adj. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
11. adj. resistant to guidance or discipline
12. adj. in an opposing direction