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Double-tongued :: Double-tongued (a.) Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.

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..

Dehorter :: Dehorter (n.) A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary.

Revert :: Revert (v. t.) To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse..

Oxymoron :: Oxymoron (n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness..

Contrary :: Contrary (n.) A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.

Disavow :: Disavow (v. t.) To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.

Adverse :: Adverse (a.) Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste..

Countermove :: Countermove (v. t. & i.) To move in a contrary direction to.

Antipodes :: Antipodes (n.) Anything exactly opposite or contrary.

Contrariwise :: Contrariwise (adv.) In a contrary order; conversely.

Crimeful :: Crimeful (a.) Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury..

Contrary :: Contrary (n.) the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1..

Left-handed :: Left-handed (a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction..

Contrariety :: Contrariety (n.) The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

Scandal :: Scandal (n.) Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners..

Discrepant :: Discrepant (a.) Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.

Reseizer :: Reseizer (n.) The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law..

Subcoracoid :: Subcontrary (n.) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.

Unkind :: Unkind (a.) Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural..

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