English > contrariness: 2 senses > noun 1, attributeMeaning | Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline. |
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Synonyms | perversity, perverseness |
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Narrower | cussedness, orneriness | meanspirited disagreeable contrariness |
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Broader | unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness | The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
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Spanish | cabezonería, empecinamiento, obstinación, perversidad, terquedad, tozudez |
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Catalan | perversitat |
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Adjectives | contrary | resistant to guidance or discipline / discipline |
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