NOUN | attribute | contrariness, perversity, perverseness | deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline |
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attribute | contrariness, crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness | a fussy and eccentric disposition |
Sounds | kaa'ntrehriynahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline. | |
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Synonyms | perversity, perverseness | |
Narrower | cussedness, orneriness | meanspirited disagreeable contrariness |
Broader | unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness | The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
Spanish | cabezonería, empecinamiento, obstinación, perversidad, terquedad, tozudez | |
Catalan | perversitat | |
Adjectives | contrary | resistant to guidance or discipline / discipline |
Meaning | A fussy and eccentric disposition. | |
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Synonyms | crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness | |
Broader | ill nature | A disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition |
Spanish | mal humor | |
Catalan | mal humor |
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