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CONTRARINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fussy and eccentric disposition
Synonyms:
contrariness; crankiness; crotchetiness; grumpiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("contrariness" is a kind of...):
ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Synonyms:
contrariness; perverseness; perversity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("contrariness" is a kind of...):
fractiousness; unruliness; wilfulness; willfulness (the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contrariness"):
cussedness; orneriness (meanspirited disagreeable contrariness)
Derivation:
contrary (resistant to guidance or discipline)
