contrary

Meanings

Adjective

• Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
• Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
• Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.

Adverb

• Contrarily

Noun

• The opposite.
• One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.

Verb

• To oppose; to frustrate.
• To impugn.
• To contradict (someone or something).
• To do the opposite of (someone or something).
• To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
• To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
• To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

Related

Similar words

• witherward

Origin

• From Middle English contrarie, compare French contraire, from Old French contraire, from Latin contrārius ("opposite, opposed, contrary"), from contrā.