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contrariness
Synonyms and Antonyms of contrariness
- cursed the contrariness of her beloved mutt when it refused to come back inside the house
civil disobedience, noncooperation
discourteousness, disrespect, impertinence, impoliteness, impudence, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, insolence, rudeness, ungraciousness
doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, obstinateness, peevishness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perversity, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity
- a contrariness between his professed altruism and his blatant selfishness
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