contrariety
contrariety is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency. How can these contrarieties agree Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- action
- against
- although
- anastrophe
- and
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- antagonize
- antarctic
- antipodal
- antipodes
- antonym
- arctic
- asunder
- beat
- before
- block
- bottom
- capsize
- cart
- check
- clash
- collision
- compensate
- compensation
- conflict
- conflicting
- contraposition
- contrary
- contravene
- converse
- counter
- counteract
- counteraction
- counterpart
- counterpoise
- cross
- diametrically
- direction
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is contrariety.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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