contrariousnessn.
rare in modern use.
Opposition, antagonism, contrariety; self-willed perversity.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun]
contrariositya1340
adversitya1382
champertyc1386
contrariousness1398
thwartingc1430
contrariancec1450
contrariness?1530
withsitting1532
oppugning1535
opposition1548
oppugnation1563
thwartness1577
adverseness1580
crossing1580
breasting1594
antipathy1601
oppugnancy1609
affrontment1611
opposure1611
thortera1614
contrariancya1617
obstancy1616
oppositeness1619
contropposition1621
obstrigillation1623
opposing1624
hostility1632
opposal1638
crossness1641
affront1642
aversion1651
oppugnance1657
shock1664
opponency1727
counteraction1750
antagonism1797
throwing1816
oppositiveness1824
kick1839
variance1842
opposedness1853
againstness1909
hornet1921
adversariness1970
oppositionality1989
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun]
riot?c1225
contrariositya1340
contrarietyc1380
contrariness1398
contrariousness1398
repugnance?a1425
contrariancec1450
oppositiona1500
contraposition1581
countermatching1587
counterposition1594
antipathy1601
antistrophe1605
thwarting1609
contrariancya1617
antithesis1631
contrast1731
contrastiveness1949
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > unfavourable character
contrariousness1398
unfavourableness1765
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness
frowardnessa1300
waywardnessc1384
wrawnessc1386
frowardship14..
perversity?a1425
frowardheadc1470
overthwartnessc1475
adversity1489
perversednessa1500
thrawnness1499
untowardnessa1525
protervitya1527
repugnancy1557
thrawardness1567
contrariousness1571
crookedness1576
thwartness1577
pervertness1581
peevishness1582
awkness1587
crabbedness1598
untowardliness1598
crossness1600
difficileness1612
contrariness1642
perverseness1644
cross-grainedness1652
wrong-headedness1740
pigheadedness1801
cussedness1852
orneriness1880
bloody-mindedness1910
difficultness1934
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > unfavourable character
contrariositya1340
badness1539
iniquity?c1550
naughtiness1550
thrawardness1567
perverseness1578
crossness1641
awkwardness1674
unhappiness1704
unpropitiousness1756
unfavourableness1765
untowardness1779
contrariousness1853
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) x. iii Betwene þe qualiteis of elementes is contrariousnesse and stryf.
1482 Monk of Evesham 74 Contraryusnes of the wedyr.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxii. 2) The foresayd contrariousnes, from which David riddeth himself violently.
1853 A. H. Clough in N. Amer. Rev. July 18 The hardness and roughness and contrariousness of the world.
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