Contrary

What do we mean by contrary?

Opposed, as in character or purpose. adjective

Opposite in direction or position: synonym: opposite. adjective

Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval. adjective

Adverse; unfavorable. adjective

Given to recalcitrant behavior; willful or perverse. adjective

Something that is opposite or contrary. noun

Either of two opposing or contrary things. noun

A proposition related to another in such a way that if the latter is true, the former must be false, but if the latter is false, the former is not necessarily true. noun

In an opposite direction or manner; counter. adverb

(by contraries) In opposition to what is expected. idiom

(on the contrary) In opposition to what has been stated or what is expected. idiom

(to the contrary) To the opposite effect from what has been stated or what is expected. idiom

Opposite; opposed; at the opposite point or in an opposite direction.

In botany, at right angles to: as, a silique compressed contrary to the dissepiment (that is, in a direction at right angles to it, in distinction from a parallel direction).

Extremely unlike; the most unlike of anything within the same class: thus, hot and cold, up and down, sage and fool, heaven and hell, are contrary terms.

Adverse; hostile; opposing; antagonistic; opposite; conflicting.

Given to contradiction; acting in opposition; captious; perverse; intractable; unaccommodating.

Wilful, Untoward, etc. See wayward.

One of a pair of objects placed at opposite points or seen in opposite directions; an opposite. noun

One of a pair of characters, propositions, statements, or terms, the most different possible within the same general sphere or class. See I., 3. noun

The opposite.

One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, , though they may both be false.

* A complete opposite/contrast to as the truth stands Urban Dictionary

Someone that doesn't wanna do right. Urban Dictionary

The exact opposite of what someone would expect. Irony; see contrary Urban Dictionary

Literally the best song ever wtf like how can a song be so good Urban Dictionary

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Nouns that are often described by the adjective contrary:
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