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Paradoxical :: Paradoxical (a.) Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions..

Untrue :: Untrue (a.) Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue..

Overbow :: Overbow (v. t.) To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction..

Owling :: Owling (v. i.) The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of England contrary to the statute formerly existing.

Massacre :: Massacre (n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day..

Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark..

Contrary :: Contrary (a.) Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.

Antiphysical :: Antiphysical (a.) Contrary to nature; unnatural.

Ugly :: Ugly (superl.) Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

Senseless :: Senseless (a.) Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable..

Contrariant :: Contrariant (a.) Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.

Anti :: Anti () A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic..

Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc..

Cataphysical :: Cataphysical (a.) Unnatural; contrary to nature.

Counter :: Counter (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue..

Contradict :: Contradict (v. t.) To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.

Irrubrical :: Irrubrical (a.) Contrary to the rubric; not rubrical.

Unchristian :: Unchristian (a.) Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct..

Non Obstante :: Non obstante () A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights..

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