Definition of contrarious in US English:
contrarious
adjective kənˈtrerēəskənˈtrerēəs
archaic 1Perverse; refractory.
Example sentencesExamples
- D minor was traditionally regarded as a key both ‘obscure’ and a shade perilous, as was the Dorian mode it derived from; the piece falls, with the impetuosity of youth, into more contrarious sections than does any of the later toccatas.
2Opposed; unfavorable.
Example sentencesExamples
- The working of the party became less democratic and more bureaucratic, while certain questionable practices, like sending contrarious members to distant posts, developed unchecked.