contrary

Etymology
From, compare 🇨🇬, from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
 * 2) Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
 * 3) Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
 * 1) Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
 * 2) Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
 * 1) Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
 * 1) Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , , , , , , , , , , im Gegensatz zu
 * Latin: contrārius
 * Maori: tūmū, tukipoho


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: malakorda
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , , , , anderslautend, , anders lautend, , , , im Widerspruch zu
 * Ingrian: vassakkain
 * Irish: contrártha
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: contrārius
 * Maori: tukipoho, kōrori
 * Persian: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * German:, , , , querköpfig, bockbeinig, ,
 * Irish: ciotrúnta

Adverb

 * 1) Contrarily

Noun

 * 1) The opposite.
 * 2)  One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
 * 1)  One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.

Related terms

 * subcontrary
 * contrarian

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: aveso,
 * German:, , , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To oppose; to frustrate.
 * 2)  To impugn.
 * 3)  To contradict (someone or something).
 * 1)  To impugn.
 * 2)  To contradict (someone or something).


 * 1)  To do the opposite of (someone or something).
 * 2)  To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
 * 3)  To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
 * 4)  To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.
 * 1)  To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

Translations

 * German: sich widersetzen,, , , ,
 * Maori: tukipoho