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Definition: CONTRARIANT |
CONTRARIANTAdjective1. Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. |
Etymology: Contrariant \Con*tra"ri*ant\, adjective. [from Late Latin expression contrarians, present participle of contrariare to oppose, from the Latin expression contrarius: compare to the French expression contrariant, present participle of contrarier to contradict. See Contrary.]. (Websters 1913) |
"CONTRARIANT" is a common misspelling or typo for: constraint, contaminant, contrariety. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contrariety | Adjective: contrary, contrarious, contrariant; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile. differing toto coelo; diametrically opposite; diametrically opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles; as different as night and day; " Hyperion to a satyr"; quite the contrary, quite the reverse;no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CONTRARIANT |
| Non-English Usage: "CONTRARIANT" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (annoying, provoking, upsetting, vexatious, vexing). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
contrariant | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "CONTRARIANT" (pronounced 'Con*tra"ri*ant'): Aberrant, Abeyant, Abirritant, Abradant, Absonant, Abundant, Accomptant, Accordant, Accusant, Acquaintant, Adamant, Adhamant, Adjoinant, Adjutant, Administrant, Adragant, Adulterant, Adumbrant, Affiant, Affirmant, Agglutinant, Aidant, Albicant, Alicant, Aliquant, Allegiant, Alliant, Alternant, Altisonant, Altivolant, Amarant, Ambulant, Amplectant, Annuitant, Anticipant, Apophlegmatizant, Appealant, Applicant, Appreciant, Arcboutant, Arrant, Arrogant, Asonant, Aspectant, Assonant, Attenuant, Avant, Avowant, Battailant, Beauseant. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: contrarian. | |
-2 letters: carnation, narration, tarnation. | |
-3 letters: carrotin, natation, nitrator, raincoat, tartaric, traction. | |
-4 letters: actinon, annatto, anticar, arnatto, cantina, carotin, carrion, citator, contain, intrant, ocarina, ricotta, taction, tantric, tractor, traitor, tricorn. | |
-5 letters: acinar, action, anatto, anoint, antiar, aortic, arnica, aroint, arrant, atonic, attain, attorn, cannot, canton, cantor, carina, carrot, carton, cation, citron, contra, cortin, cottar, crania. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+3 letters: contractionary. | |
+4 letters: nonaristocratic, procrastinating, procrastination, transcriptional. | |
+5 letters: intercalibration, nonparticipatory, procrastinations, recentralization. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 4E 54 52 41 52 49 41 4E 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -. - .-. .- .-. .. .- -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010010 01001001 01000001 01001110 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O N T R A R I A N T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 004E 0054 0052 0041 0052 0049 0041 004E 0054 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3749485452355243354854 |
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