Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contrariness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contrariness \Con"tra*ri*ness\, n.
state or quality of being contrary; opposition;
inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contrariness
n 1: deliberate unruliness [syn: {perversity}, {perverseness}]
2: a fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: {crankiness}, {crotchetiness},
{grumpiness}]
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