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Subcontrary :: Subcontrary (a.) Contrary in an inferior degree.

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..

Possible :: Possible (a.) Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong..

Unlive :: Unlive (v. t.) To //ve in a contrary manner, as a life; to live in a manner contrary to..

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

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..

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..

Unjust :: Unjust (a.) Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge..

Contradiction :: Contradiction (n.) An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.

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

Undercurrent :: Undercurrent (n.) A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface..

Ill :: Ill (n.) Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil..

Malpractice :: Malpractice (n.) Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results..

Toleration :: Toleration (n.) Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief..

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..

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.

Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict..

Antipathic :: Antipathic (a.) Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.

Poacher :: Poacher (n.) One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish contrary to law.

Clash :: Clash (v. i.) To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.

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