Contrary

Definition: Contrary

Contrary

Adjective

1. Very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion".

2. Of words so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms".

3. Resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior".

4. In an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind".

Noun

1. A relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true".

2. Exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty".

3. Two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "contrary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Contrary \Con"tra*ry\, adjective. [Old English contrarie, contraire, French contraire, from Latin contrarius, from contra. See Contra-.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Contrary

Caprice

Adjective: capricious; erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical; full of whims; Noun: maggoty; inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky, particular, humorsome, freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward; contrary; captious; arbitrary; unconformable; penny wise and pound foolish; fickle; (irresolute); frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile.

Contrariety

Inversion; the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the other extreme. Verb: be contrary; Adjective: contrast with, oppose; diller toto coelo.

Adverb: contrarily; Adjective: contra, contrariwise, per contra, on the contrary, nay rather; vice versa; on the other hand; (in compensation).

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.

Counteraction

Adjective: counteracting; Verb: antagonistic, conflicting, retroactive, renitent, reactionary; contrary.

Evidence

Adverb: on the contrary, per contra.

Impossibility

Adjective: impossible; not possible; absurd, contrary to reason; unlikely; unreasonable; incredible; beyond the bounds of reason, beyond the bounds of possibility, beyond the realm of possibility; from which reason recoils; visionary; inconceivable; (improbable); prodigious; (wonderful); unimaginable, inimaginable; unthinkable.

Improbability

Adjective: improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation; wild, far out, out of sight, outtasight, heavy.

Inexpectation

Unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for; dropped from the clouds; beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation; out of one's reckoning; unheard of; (exceptional); startling, surprising; sudden; (instantaneous).

Negation

Adverb: no, nay, not, nowise; not a bit, not a whit, not a jot; not at all, nohow, not in the least, not so; negative, negatory; no way; no such thing; nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort; quite the contrary, tout au contraire, far from it; tant s'en faut; on no account, in no respect; by no, by no manner of means; negatively.

Oldness

Immemorial, traditional, prescriptive, customary, whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary; inveterate, rooted.

Opposition

Adjective: opposing, opposed;Verb: adverse, antagonistic; contrary; at variance; at issue, at war with.

Crosswords: Contrary

All evidence to the contrary. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

Provided that the way of life they choose harms no one elseand is contrary to neither law and order nor public decency. (Samoura�, Le; writing credit: Jean-Pierre Melville; Georges Pellegrin)

Contrary to what you may think, sir, not everyone in Hollywood is a homosexual. (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

You are aware that that is contrary to doctrine in this matter. (When Night Is Falling; writing credit: Patricia Rozema)

Contrary Condor (1944)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Art of Contrary Thinking (reference)

• Contrary Investing: The Insider's Guide to Buying Low and Selling High (reference)

• Contrary to Popular Opinion (reference)

• Dance of the Money Bees: A Professional Speaks Frankly on Investing (The Contrary Opinion Library) (reference)

• Little Miss Contrary (Mr. Men and Little Miss) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Contrary Investor (reference)

• Contrary Investor Follow Up Service (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• CONTRARY & MIDWESTERN (reference)

• Contrary to Popular Belief (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A real mamma, on the contrary, is the busiest lady. Credit: Library of Congress.

On the contrary. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Barreville is a center for Amish farmers. Outside phone booth under gas sign is a common sight. For it is not contrary to the "plain people's principles to use a phone so long as it is not in the home. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To this I answer, Quite the contrary. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 2: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. (reference)

Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President. (reference)

If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the constitution is not law: if the latter part be true, then written constitutions are absurd attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. (reference)

To every villainous meanness of this model man it gave a hidden, higher, Socialistic interpretation, the exact contrary of its real character. (reference)

All other warships, except where there is provision to the contrary in the present Treaty, must be placed in reserve or devoted to commercial purposes. (reference)

On the contrary, there will be an overwhelming assurance of security. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. (reference)

Any language [347 U.S. 483, 495] in Plessy v. Ferguson contrary to this finding is rejected. (reference)

Contrary to appellee's contention, the natural termination of Roe's pregnancy did not moot her suit. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

On the contrary, he became every moment more excited as he turned them over.

On the contrary, I have allowed myself, as to such points, nearly or altogether as much license as if the facts had been entirely of my own invention.

I must do nothing contrary to the will of God.

No, to their lives ill friends were contrary.

Whether they had ever at different times pleaded for and against the same cause, and cited precedents to prove contrary opinions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

There is virtually no evidence that most rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis can be made worse by foods, despite claims to the contrary. (references)

Also, contrary to popular belief, carbohydrates are not highly fattening when eaten in moderate amounts and without the rich sauces and toppings often added. (references)

Business

There are no particular safety standards or technical requirements contrary to U.S. standards. (references)

A ban on imports of textiles was lifted on January 1, 1998, and contrary to expectations, imports have actually decreased. (references)

If, on the contrary, the ISP's carry out this practice (the technically correct method), link costs are reduced only 5 percent. (references)

Children

China

Female babies also suffer from a higher mortality rate than male babies, contrary to the worldwide trend. (references)

Sri Lanka

The law also prohibits the use of children in exploitative labor or illegal activities or in any act contrary to compulsory education regulations. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

Police often do not notify parents of children who are arrested, and neither parents nor lawyers generally are present during questioning, despite laws to the contrary. (references)

Civil Liberties

Maldives

The law prohibits public statements that are contrary to Islam, threaten the public order, or are libelous. (references)

Cambodia

The Prime Minister canceled the circular 3 days later, describing it as contrary to government policy on freedom of religion. (references)

Indonesia

Some individuals and some units occasionally sided with their coreligionists, but their actions appeared to be random and contrary to orders. (references)

Economic History

West Bank

Prevailing WB/G laws prohibit the registration of a trademark that is contrary to public morals. (references)

Mexico

To the contrary, Mexico's legal tradition is based on the Napoleonic Code, rather than English common law. (references)

West Bank

Both applicable legal systems prohibit the registration of designs that are contrary to morality or public order. (references)

Human Rights

Belize

In spite of the workers' status, and contrary to the law, Minister of Immigration Maxwell Samuels issued deportation orders. (references)

Honduras

In April 2000, Congress passed a General Law of Immunities that, contrary to the public expectations, did little to foster transparency and accountability in government. (references)

Jordan

In the past, defense attorneys have challenged the appointment of military judges to the State Security Court to try civilian cases as contrary to the concept of an independent judiciary. (references)

Minorities

Nepal

According to press reports, the six families were reintegrated into the community after agreeing not to kill animals or perform other activities contrary to the tenets of Buddhism during religious festivals. (references)

Political Economy

AUSTRALIA

Investment proposals for entities involving more than A$50 million in total assets are approved unless found contrary to the national interest. (references)

ALGERIA

Work practices that are not contrary to the regulations regarding hours, salaries, and other work conditions are left to the discretion of employers in consultation with employees. (references)

Political Rights

Saudi Arabia

The Council engages in debates that, while closed to the general public, provide advice and views occasionally contrary to the Government's proposed policy or recommended course of action. (references)

Yemen

In addition the Constitution prohibits the establishment of parties that are contrary to Islam, oppose the goals of the Yemeni revolution, or violate the country's international commitments. (references)

Cuba

No candidates with views independent from or in opposition to the Government were allowed to run, and no views contrary to the Government or the Communist Party were expressed in the government-controlled national media. (references)

Trade

El Salvador

C. Movies contrary to ethics and good behavior. (references)

Egypt

Third: All previous instructions contrary to the above are to be cancelled. (references)

Cyprus

It is also contrary to EU practice and the WTO's Government Procurement Agreement. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

Saudi customs and postal officials widely define what is contrary to Islam, and therefore prohibited. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Besides alcohol products and illicit drugs, Saudi Arabia also prohibits the import, use, or possession of any item that is held to be contrary to the tenets of Islam. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Contrary to a previous ruling, these schools will be allowed to enroll students up to Grade 12. Many expatriates prefer to send teenage children to boarding schools outside of Saudi Arabia. (references)

Women

Cote d'Ivoire

The Minister of Interior and Security declared on December 28, 2000, that only 3 women had been raped, and contrary to Yai's accusations, that the rapes did occur on the grounds of the police academy. (references)

Iran

In October 2000, the Parliament passed a bill to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 9 to 15. However, the Council of Guardians rejected the bill in November 2000 as contrary to Islamic law. (references)

France

The Government and private associations have undertaken a campaign to inform immigrants, some of whom may be from countries where FGM is customary, that FGM is contrary to the law and would be prosecuted. (references)

Worker Rights

Ghana

A tribunal ruled that the action of the two ICU members actions were contrary to the country's labor laws. (references)

Venezuela

The Constitution provides that labor organizations are not subject to intervention, suspension, or administrative dissolution, and workers are protected against any discrimination or measure contrary to this right. (references)

Malaysia

However, the act restricts a union to representing workers in a "particular establishment, trade, occupation, or industry or within any similar trades, occupations, or industries," contrary to International Labor Organization (ILO) guidelines. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Contrary

Expressions using "contrary": ad on the contrary ♦ be contrary ♦ be contrary to regulations ♦ clear contrary ♦ Contrary motion ♦ contrary person ♦ contrary to ♦ contrary to expectation ♦ contrary to expectations ♦ contrary to fact ♦ contrary to regulations ♦ contrary to the public policy ♦ on the contrary ♦ point of contrary flexure ♦ proof to the contrary ♦ quite contrary to ♦ the contrary ♦ to the contrary ♦ waste paper contrary. Additional references.

Beginning with "contrary": contrary-insinuations.

Afrikaans

teenoorgesteld (adverse, alien, opposite, reverse, reversed). (various references)

Albanian

në kundërshtim, kokëfortë (balky, bullheaded, cussed, dogged, hard bitten, hardheaded, headstrong, hidebound, impracticable, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, pertinacious, recalcitrant, self willed, self-opinionated, stickler, stiff necked, strong-willed, stubborn, urgent, wayward, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), i pafavorshëm (adverse, disadvantageous, hostile, low, unfavorable, unfavourable, untoward), i kundërt (adverse, antagonistic, backward, contrariety, converse, counter, cross, dissonant, divergent, negative, opposed, opposite, polar, reverse), e kundërt (extremes, opposite, reverse, the other way about). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مناقض (polar), ‏مولع بالمعارضة, ‏متضاد (opposite), ‏معاكس (adverse, counter, counteractive, cross, opposite, untoward), ‏معارض (antagonist, dissenting, in opposition to, objecting, opposed, opposite, reluctant, resistant, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwilling), ‏مضاد (antagonistic, anti-, antithesis, contra, contrast, converse, counter, reverse), ‏غير مؤات (disadvantageous, unfavorable, unfavourable, untoward), ‏عكس (antithesis, inversion, invert, obverse, reverberate, reverse), ‏عنيد (adamant, asinine, coriaceous, die hard, dogged, dour, fractious, hardheaded, headstrong, heady, implacable, incorrigible, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, inveterate, irreconcilable, mulish, nagging, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ornery, peevish, persevering, pertinacious, perverse, piggish, pigheaded, refractory, rigid, scabrous, scratchy, self willed, stiff, stiff necked, stout, stubborn, sullen, tenacious, thwart, uncompromising, unruly, unwilling, unyielding, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), ‏على نحو معاكس, ‏على نحو مخالف, ‏المتناقض. (various references)

Bulgarian 

обратен (back, backward, converse, counter, cross, inverse, inversive, obverse, opposite, reactive, reciprocal, retrograde, return, reverse, wrong), опак (cantankerous, crabby, cranky, cross-grained, perverse, rambunctious, restive, reverse, wayward, wrong), нещо обратно (reverse), нещо противоположно (reverse), неблагоприятен (disadvantageous, dyslogistic, inauspicious, inimical, low, mis-, unfavorable, unfavourable, unsuitable, untoward), противоречащ (repugnant), противоречив (ambivalent, conflicting, contradictious, contradictory, discrepant, self-contradictory, warring), противоположен (adversative, antithetic, antithetical, converse, counter, inverse, inversive, obverse, opponent, opposing, opposite, reverse), противен (abhorrent, abominable, adverse, bastard, cross, disagreeable, foul, fulsome, ghastly, gross, horrid, loud, mucky, nameless, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opposing, pestilential, rebarbative, repugnant, repulsive, scarlet, sickening, sickly, sorry, sour, squalid, swinish, ugly, unattractive, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, vexatious, vile, villainous). (various references)

Chinese 

相反 (opposite). (various references)

Czech

tvrdohlavý (headstrong, hell-bent, mulish, opinionated, pigheaded, refractory, self willed, stubborn), protikladný (antagonistic, antithetic, conflicting, contradictory, contrasting), proti (against, contra, over, to, versus, vs), palièatý (mulish, pigheaded, recalcitrant, self willed), opak (opposite, reverse), opaèný (adverse, converse, counter, inverse, opposite, reverse), nepříznivý (adverse, inauspicious, inimical, unfavorable, unfavourable). (various references)

Danish

modsat (adverse, alien, opposite). (various references)

Dutch

tegenliggend (adverse, alien, opposite), tegengesteld (adverse, alien, opposite, reverse, reversed). (various references)

Esperanto

mala (opposite), kontraŭa (alien). (various references)

Faeroese

tvørturímóti (on the contrary). (various references)

Farsi 

مقابل (For, Inverse, Off, Opposite), معکوس (Counter, Inverse, Obverse, Reverse, Setback, Upsidedown), مخالف (Adversary, Adverse, Against, Alien, Antagonist, Averse, Con, Converse, Defiant, Dissenter, Foe, Inadvisable, Irreconcilable, No, Opponent, Reluctance, Repugnant, Unfavorable, With), خلاف (Foul, Misdeed). (various references)

Finnish

vastakkainen (opposite, reverse, reversed), vastainen (coming, future, opposed, prospective), päinvastainen (opposite), päinsä (opposite), päinkään (opposite), päinen (opposite). (various references)

French

contraire (converse, counter), contradictoire (conflicting, contradictious, contradictor, contradictory), opposé, au contraire (contrariwise, on the contrary, per contra). (various references)

German

entgegengesetzt (adverse, conflicting, contrarily, contrasting, inverse, on the contrary, oposite, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, otherwise, reverse), zuwider (against, contrary to, dislikable, unfavorable to, unfavourable to, unpleasant). (various references)

Greek 

πεισματάρησ (bull-headed, cussed, dogged, mulish, obstinate, ornery, spiteful, stubborn, wilful), ενάντιοσ (adverse, con, cross, repugnant), εναντία (against, versus), αντίθετοσ (absonant, adverse, contrasting, jarring, opposed, opposite). (various references)

Hebrew 

מ� ו�'�" (antithetic, converse, counter, incompatible, opposite, reverse), עקשן (adamant, bone head, dogged, headstrong, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, refractory, self willed, stiff necked, stubborn), איפכ�" (opposite), �"פך (inverse, opposite, reverse, turn into, turn upside down), �"פוך (converse, inverse, inversion, inverted, obverse, overturned, reverse, tumble, turned upside down, turning over, upside down), ב� �'ו�" (at variance, counter to), � �'�"י (adverse, contradictory, counter-, opposite). (various references)

Hungarian

nyakas (bullet-headed, cussed, headstrong, stiff necked, stubborn, unruly), ellentétes (adversary, adversative, adverse, antagonistic, antithetic, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, converse, counteractive, cross, inverse, jarring, obverse, opposed, opposite, retrograde, reverse, to hunt counter), ellentét (antagonism, antitheses, antithesis, clash, contradistinction, contrast, disaccord, disagreement, foil, offset, reverse, set off, variance), akaratos (cross-grained, hard-mouthed, headstrong, recalcitrant, self-willed, stubborn, wilful, willful). (various references)

Icelandic

mótstæður (adverse, alien, opposite), andstæður (adverse, alien, opposite). (various references)

Indonesian

sebaliknya (on the contrary, on the other hand, opposite, otherwise, ought, the other way, vice versa), malah (in fact, instead, on the contrary), kebalikan (inverse, reverse, the contrary, the opposite), berkebalikan (be the contrary, be the opposite), bahkan (even, in fact, indeed, moreover, on the contrary), alih-alih (instead of, on the contrary). (various references)

Italian

contrario (adverse, antonym, averse, converse, cross, deprecatory, disinclined, loath, negative, opponent, opposed, opposite, oppositional, refusing, reverse), opposto (conflicting, converse, cross, opposed, opposed to, opposing, opposite, warring), inverso (against, converse, inverse, obverse, opposite, reverse, towards, wrong). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

裏腹 (opposite, reverse), 相反 (disagreement), あの方 (ah, airhead, ambiguous, cartoon character, farewell, fool, frankly, good-bye, he, inverse, kind of cookie, oaf, oh, opposite, saw-edged perch, she, that gentleman, to dandle, to fail in getting a job, uncertain, vague). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そうは�" (disagreement), うらはら (opposite, reverse), あべ�"べ (inverse, opposite), あいは�" (disagreement). (various references)

Korean 

반대 (Contraries, inverse, Objecting, Objection, opposing, opposite, Opposition). (various references)

Manx

controllee (opposed), condaigagh (opponent, opposer, opposing, stubborn). (various references)

Norwegian

motsatt (adverse, alien, opposite). (various references)

Papiamen

kontrario (adverse, alien), kontrali (adverse, alien). (various references)

Pig Latin

ontrarycay

Polish

przeciwny (adverse, alien, opposite). (various references)

Portuguese

contrariamente, contradição (contradiction, denial, gainsay, negation), oposto (ambivalent, antagonist, antagonistic, antipathic, antithesis, averse, backward, concurrent, converse, counter, cross, dissentient, hard-mouthed, opposed, opposite, repugnant, reverse, warring), antagonicamente. (various references)

Romanian

contrar (adverse, against, antipathic, bad, contrarily, converse, counter, foul, opponent, opposed, opposite, retrograde, reverse). (various references)

Russian 

упрямый (asinine, balky, baulky, bolshy, cross-grained, cussed, dogged, dour, froward, hardbitten, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, pertinacious, pig-headed, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff necked, stiff-necked, strong-willed, stubborn, wilful, willful), вразрез, неблагоприятный (adverse, baffling, disadvantageous, inauspicious, inimical, none to bright, none too bright, sinister, unauspicious, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfriendly, unpropitious, untoward, worst case, worst-case), противоположный (adverse, antipathic, antipodal, antipodean, counter, opponent, opposed, opposite), противоположность (contrariety, contrast, inverse, opposite, reciprocal). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

suprotnost (antithesis, contrast, converse, obverse, opposite, opposition, reverse, set off), suprotno (contrariwise, conversely, counter, unlike, vice versa), suprotan (adversative, adverse, converse, counter, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, reverse, unalike, unfavorable, unfavourable), oprečno, oprečan (off-line), kontrarni pojam. (various references)

Spanish

contraste (contradistinction, contrast, hallmark, plate-mark), contrario (abhorrent, adverse, antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, counter, counteractive, enemy, opponent, oppose, opposite, reverse), contrariamente (aversely), terco (cussed, dogged, dour, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, pigheaded, self-opinionated, stiff necked, stolid, stout, stubborn, tough), opuesto (antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, conflicting, contradictory, converse, facing, farther, further, inverse, jarring, opposed, opposite, polar, reverse, rival), lo opuesto (counter), lo contrario (opposite, reverse), diferente (different, differentially, differing, discriminative, distinct, distinctive, distinctly, diversely, varied, various). (various references)

Swedish

motsatt (adverse, alien, converse, counter, discordant, disparate, obverse, off-key, opponent, opposing, opposite, reverse), trilsk. (various references)

Turkish

uymayan (defiant, inapplicable, unbecoming, uncongenial, unsuitable), ters (acrimonious, adverse, agley, Amiss, awkward, awry, backward, backwards, bad tempered, bloody minded, churlish, contradictory, converse, counter, crabbed, cranky, curt, cussed, dour, face down, fractious, fretful, Froward, frowning, grumpy, ill natured, illegitimate, indecorous, inimical, inverse, inversely, inverted, mis-, negative, off, opposing, opposite, perverse, retro-, reverse, snuffy, sub-, unfavorable, unfavourable, upside down, versed, wayward, wrong, wrongly), muhalif (adversary, antagonist, antagonistic, anti, critic, dead against, dead-set against, defiant, disaffected, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, hostile, objector, opponent, opposing, opposite, oppositional, repugnant, warring), karşıt (adverse, anti-, antipathetic, antipathetical, antithetic, antithetical, athwart, contra, contra-, contradictory, converse, cross, inimical, jarring, objector, opponent, opposed, opposite, reciprocal, reciprocating, reverse), karşı (against, anti-, athwart, before, con, con-, contra, counter, discordant, facing, for, gainst, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, repugnant, to, toward, towards, versus), inatçı (balky, bullet-head, bull-headed, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, die hard, difficult, dogged, dour, fractious, hard bitten, hard-headed, hard-mouthed, hard-nosed, headstrong, heady, indocile, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mule, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstinate person, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, self willed, self-opinionated, set, spiky, stern, sticker, stickler, sticky, stiff necked, strongheaded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), dik başlı (deaf, Froward, hard-headed, hard-mouthed, obstinate, pig-headed, stubborn, wayward), aksi (adverse, awkward, bad tempered, bilious, bloody minded, cantankerous, contra, contra-, counter, crabbed, crabby, cross, cross-grained, crosspatch, crotchety, doggish, dour, evil, fractious, fretful, Froward, gruff, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-humored, ill-humoured, inverse, negatory, opposite, peevish, perverse, petulant, recalcitrant, refractory, reverse, shirty, snappish, snuffy, spleenful, spleenish, stroppy, stubborn, sullen, surly, tart, testy, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, wrongheaded), çelişik. (various references)

Turkmen 

tersine (against, on the contrary). (various references)

Ukrainian

несприятливий (adverse, bad, baffling, cross, impervious, inauspicious, non-contributory, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfriendly, untoward), зворотне, зворотний (back, backward, converse, counter, homeward, inverse, inverted, opposite, rearward, reflexive, regressive, relapsing, retrogressive, reverse, reversionary), протилежного напрямку, протилежне, протилежний (adverse, alien from, converse, counter, opponent, opposite, otherways, otherwise, reverse). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trái ngược với, trái ngược (antagonistic, contrapositive, contrarily, contrarious, cross), sự trái lại, ngang ngược (contrariwise), khó bảo (indocile, inductile, reluctant), bướng bỉnh (contrarious, contumacious, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, rambunctious, refractory, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn), điều trái ngược (contrariety). (various references)

Welsh

croes (adverse, cross, transept), gwrthwyneb (opposite). (various references)

admirabile, admirabilis, aliena, alienae, alienam, alienarum, alienas, alieni, alienis, alieno, alienorum, alienos, alienum, alienus, contra, contraque, contraria, contrariae, contrarias, contrarii, contrario, contrarios, contrarium, contrarius, perversus. (various references)

sinistre. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "contrary": subcontrary. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Contrary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cetraro, cointrary, Condoriri, contary, contraly, contrar, contrare, contrarien, contrario, contrarium, contrarly, contrere, contrire, controry, contrry, contryary. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: carroty, carryon.

-2 letters: aroynt, cantor, carrot, carton, contra, craton, crayon, notary, rancor, rotary, trocar.

-3 letters: acorn, actor, atony, canto, canty, carny, carry, corny, cotan, crony, cyano, cyton, narco, octan, racon, rayon, taroc, tarry, trona.

-4 letters: arco, arty, cant, carn, carr, cart, coat, cony, corn, cory, cyan, narc, nary, nota, orca, orra, racy, rant, rato.

+2 letters: contrarily.

+3 letters: contrariety, craniometry, reactionary, subcontrary.

+4 letters: accretionary, confirmatory, consecratory, conservatory, contemporary, counterrally, gerontocracy, postcoronary, renunciatory, secretionary.

+5 letters: acrylonitrile, chronotherapy, concretionary, confraternity, contradictory, counterplayer, discretionary, hyperromantic, incriminatory, intraocularly, parthenocarpy, precautionary, recriminatory.