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contrariness

DEFINITIONS OF: contrariness

1

n deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

Synonyms:
perverseness, perversity
Types:
cussedness, orneriness
meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
Type of:
fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness
the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline

n a fussy and eccentric disposition

Synonyms:
crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness
Type of:
ill nature
a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
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