oppositenessn.
/ˈɒpəzᵻtnᵻs/, /ˈɒpəsᵻtnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɑpɑzətnəs/ The quality of being opposite or opposed; contrariety, antagonism; †repugnance (obsolete).
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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 mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun]
wlatingc725
wlatc960
ugginga1325
uglinessc1325
loathingc1340
abominationc1350
wlatsomenessc1380
wlatingness1382
fastidie?a1425
loathsomenessc1425
ugsomenessc1450
horribility1496
detestation1526
abhorring1528
dislikingc1540
fastidiousness1541
abhorfulness1556
fulsomeness1563
execration1570
abhorment1576
detesting1591
loath?1591
abhorrence1592
abhorrency1596
dislike1597
distaste1598
disgust1611
nausea1619
oppositeness1619
nauseousness1622
detest1638
wearisomeness1642
repugnance1643
odium1645
abhorrition1649
abominate1651
nausity1654
disdain1655
repugnancy1681
degoust1716
repulsion1751
self-repugnance1852
kick1893
1619 D. Calderwood in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. lxiii The oppositenesse of it to the proceedings and oath of the whole state of the land.
1645 W. Jenkyn Stil-destroyer 5 An..out-going of affection after our own things which we make our aime..in a way of oppositnesse even to the things of Christ.
1658 J. Durham Expos. Rev. (1680) I. viii. 50 Notwithstanding his great oppositnesse thereto,..[Ambrose] was at length so pressed as he was made to yield.
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 664 The same oppositeness to the accustomed opinions of decent Englishmen prevails in a hundred other points.
1898 W. Sanday Conception of Priesthood I. 6 This oppositeness of method is answerable for an appearance of greater oppositeness in conclusion than really exists.
1904 L. Hearn Japan 479 Considering..the total oppositeness of mental structure and habit,..it is astonishing that Japanese students have been able to do what they have actually done at foreign universities.
1987 V. Glendinning Rebecca West iii. xii. 127 War breaks out between these lovers, the man seeing Harriet's oppositeness as opposition and therefore malign.
2002 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 14 Jan. The dramatic oppositeness of the two viewpoints..could not have escaped Maugham.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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