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Noun: contrariness  kóntrehreenus
  1. Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
    - perversity, perverseness
     
  2. A fussy and eccentric disposition
    - crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness

Derived forms: contrarinesses

See also: contrary

Type of: fractiousness, ill nature, unruliness, wilfulness [Brit, Cdn], willfulness [N. Amer]

Nearest

contralateral
contralto
contraposition
contrapositive
contraption
contrapuntal
contrapuntist
contrarian
contrariety
contrarily
contrariness
contrarious
contrariwise
contrary
contrary to fact
Contras
contrast
contrast material
contrast medium
contrasting
contrastingly