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contrarious

[ kuhn-trair-ee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. Chiefly Appalachian. perverse; refractory.
  2. Archaic. adverse; unfavorable.


contrarious

/ əˈٰɛəɪə /

adjective

  1. (of people or animals) perverse or obstinate
  2. (of conditions) unfavourable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DzˈٰdzܲԱ, noun
  • Dzˈٰdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·ٰi·dzܲ· adverb
  • Dz·ٰi·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of contrarious1

1250–1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin DzԳٰܲ contrary; -ous
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Alas! what more contrarious deed, What greater miracle of wrong than this, That man should know his good and take it not?

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With regard to the charges of excessive drinking made against Paine, I have sifted a vast mass of contrarious testimonies, and arrived at the following conclusions.

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Volumes of report Run with these false and most contrarious guests Upon thy doings!

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Well, she does, and that’s all in her favour; women being for the most part discontented, contrarious things—especially discontented.

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The Gaelic man had no sooner entered the Kirk o' the General Assembly," they said, "than the maister of the Assembly rose, and, speaking very rough, said, 'Ye contrarious rascal, what tak's you here?

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