Definition for Contrariness:

• Contrariety; opposition.

Synonyms for Contrariness:

• n.

  •
  • antagonism,
  • support,
  • contradiction,
  • antithesis.
  •attribute (noun)
  • contrariness,
  • perverseness,
  • perversity.
  •contradistinction (noun)
  • oppositenesses.
  •contrariness (noun)
  • crankiness,
  • crotchetiness,
  • grumpiness.
  •defiance (noun)
  • Insurgence,
  • Factiousness,
  • enjoinder,
  • spite,
  • rebelliousness,
  • Impugnment,
  • throwing of the gauntlet,
  • impudence,
  • recalcitrance.
  •difference (noun)
  • variation,
  • Discongruity,
  • unorthodoxness,
  • Unconformity,
  • non-conformity,
  • unlikeness,
  • unconformities.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • hardness,
  • onerousness,
  • cantankerousness,
  • cumbersomeness,
  • wearisomeness,
  • wearying,
  • fussiness,
  • harshness,
  • complexity,
  • formidability,
  • ticklishness,
  • toughness,
  • trickiness,
  • complication,
  • stressfulness,
  • tightness,
  • difficulty,
  • severity,
  • ordeal,
  • strenuousness,
  • knottiness,
  • arduousness,
  • oppressiveness,
  • adversity,
  • roughness.
  •fancy (noun)
  • de sire,
  • drutherses,
  • de-sires,
  • velleities,
  • de sires,
  • fool paradise,
  • de-sire,
  • weakness fors,
  • fools paradise,
  • cup tea.
  •polarity (noun)
  • counter attack,
  • negativisms,
  • oppugnancies,
  • counter-actions,
  • de fenses,
  • de-fenses,
  • dis-approval,
  • dis approval,
  • dis approvals,
  • dis-approvals,
  • obstructivenesses,
  • counter actions,
  • un-friendlinesses,
  • counter-action,
  • counter action,
  • un friendlinesses,
  • un-friendliness,
  • opposures,
  • counter attacks,
  • confrontings,
  • unfriendlinesses,
  • un friendliness.
  •recalcitrance (noun)
  • de spites,
  • de-spites,
  • de-spite,
  • despites,
  • de spite.
  •recalcitrancy (noun)
  • recalcitrancy.
  •sullenness (noun)
  • darkness,
  • melancholy,
  • sullenness,
  • dejection,
  • petulance,
  • hostility,
  • gloominess,
  • moroseness,
  • meanness,
  • cynicism,
  • sulkiness,
  • crabbiness,
  • malevolence,
  • sourness,
  • long-facedness,
  • irascibility,
  • dourness,
  • crossness,
  • grimness,
  • grouchiness,
  • surliness,
  • moodiness,
  • glumness,
  • fretfulness.
  •unlikeness (noun)
  • dis similitude,
  • dis-similarities,
  • un-likeness,
  • dis similitudes,
  • dis-similitudes,
  • dis-similitude,
  • un likeness,
  • un-likenesses,
  • un likenesses,
  • dis similarities,
  • dis similarity,
  • dis-similarity.
  •unruliness (noun)
  • Indocility,
  • intractableness.
  •unwillingness (noun)
  • distaste,
  • stubbornness,
  • obstinacy,
  • opposition,
  • Averseness,
  • balkiness,
  • noncooperation,
  • Repellency,
  • reluctance,
  • disinclination,
  • resistance,
  • repugnance,
  • unwillingness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • contradistinction,
  • contrariety,
  • Contraposition.

Antonyms for Contrariness:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    sameness, relationship, congruity, tractability, similarity, agreement, likeness, correspondence, obedience, correlation, trainability, amiability, submissiveness, subordinateness, dutifulness, parallelism, subordination, alikeness, slavishness, resemblance, Subserviency, agreeability, tractableness, amenability, subservience, conformity, similitude, submission, deference, docility, compliance, identicalness.

Contrariness Sentence Examples:

• Again the natural contrariness of women.

• Ye are my own particular sheep, and it would take a new man ten years to learn the contrariness of ye.

Homophones for Contrariness:

• Centaurium Minus, country music, conterminous, centering.

Hypernym for Contrariness:

• n.

  • attribute
    orneriness, cussedness.

Hyponym for Contrariness:

• n.

  • attribute
    fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness, unruliness.