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Definition of contrary
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Contrary
(a.)
Opposed;
contradictory;
repugnant;
inconsistent.
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Indecorous
::
Indecorous
(a.) Not
decorous;
violating
good
manners;
contrary
to good
breeding
or
etiquette;
unbecoming;
improper;
out of
place;
as,
indecorous
conduct..
Untrue
::
Untrue
(a.) Not true;
false;
contrary
to the fact; as, the story is
untrue..
Counter
::
Counter
(adv.)
A
prefix
meaning
contrary,
opposite,
in
opposition;
as,
counteract,
counterbalance,
countercheck.
See
Counter,
adv. & a..
Differential
::
Differential
(n.) One of two coils of
conducting
wire so
related
to one
another
or to a
magnet
or
armature
common
to both, that one coil
produces
polar
action
contrary
to that of the
other..
Forbid
::
Forbid
(v. t.) To
command
against,
or
contrary
to; to
prohibit;
to
interdict..
Massacre
::
Massacre
(n.) To kill in
considerable
numbers
where much
resistance
can not be made; to kill with
indiscriminate
violence,
without
necessity,
and
contrary
to the
usages
of
nations;
to
butcher;
to
slaughter;
--
limited
to the
killing
of human
beings..
Undercurrent
::
Undercurrent
(n.) A
current
below the
surface
of
water,
sometimes
flowing
in a
contrary
direction
to that on the
surface..
Dehorter
::
Dehorter
(n.) A
dissuader;
an
adviser
to the
contrary.
Conversion
::
Conversion
(n.) The act of
interchanging
the terms of a
proposition,
as by
putting
the
subject
in the place of the
predicate,
or the
contrary..
Counter
::
Counter
(a.)
Contrary;
opposite;
contrasted;
opposed;
adverse;
antagonistic;
as, a
counter
current;
a
counter
revolution;
a
counter
poison;
a
counter
agent;
counter
fugue..
Counterplead
::
Counterplead
(v. t.) To plead the
contrary
of; to plead
against;
to deny.
Countersway
::
Countersway
(n.) A
swaying
in a
contrary
direction;
an
opposing
influence.
Un-
::
Un- () An
inseparable
verbal
prefix
or
particle.
It is
prefixed:
(a) To verbs to
express
the
contrary,
and not the
simple
negative,
of the
action
of the verb to which it is
prefixed;
as in
uncoil,
undo,
unfold.
(b) To nouns to form verbs
expressing
privation
of the
thing,
quality,
or state
expressed
by the noun, or
separation
from it; as in
unchild,
unsex.
Sometimes
particles
and
participial
adjectives
formed
with this
prefix
coincide
in form with
compounds
of the
negative
prefix
un- (see 2d Un-
Inversion
::
Inversion
(n.) Said of a
subject,
or
phrase,
when the
intervals
of which it
consists
are
repeated
in the
contrary
direction,
rising
instead
of
falling,
or vice
versa..
Yodle
::
Yodle (v. t. & i.) To sing in a
manner
common
among the Swiss and
Tyrolese
mountaineers,
by
suddenly
changing
from the head
voice,
or
falsetto,
to the chest
voice,
and the
contrary;
to
warble..
Denial
::
Denial
(n.) The act of
gainsaying,
refusing,
or
disowning;
negation;
-- the
contrary
of
affirmation..
Heterodox
::
Heterodox
(a.)
Contrary
to, or
differing
from, some
acknowledged
standard,
as the
Bible,
the creed of a
church,
the
decree
of a
council,
and the like; not
orthodox;
heretical;
-- said of
opinions,
doctrines,
books,
etc., esp. upon
theological
subjects..
Stationary
::
Stationary
(a.) Not
improving
or
getting
worse;
not
growing
wiser,
greater,
better,
more
excellent,
or the
contrary..
Eddy
::
Eddy (n.) A
current
of air or water
running
back, or in a
direction
contrary
to the main
current..
Repugnant
::
Repugnant
(a.)
Disposed
to fight
against;
hostile;
at war with; being at
variance;
contrary;
inconsistent;
refractory;
disobedient;
also,
distasteful
in a high
degree;
offensive;
--
usually
followed
by to,
rarely
and less
properly
by with; as, all
rudeness
was
repugnant
to her
nature..
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