contrarious

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con·trar·i·ous (k

n-trâr

adj.

Perverse; inimical.

con·trari·ous·ly adv.

contrarious [kənˈtrɛərɪəs]

adj Rare

1. (of people or animals) perverse or obstinate

2. (of conditions) unfavourable

contrariously adv

contrariousness n

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Adj.

contrarious - difficult to deal with

cross-grained

obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

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cross-grained			The contrarious mimetic reflex between critiquing re-presentation and projective presentation has been described by Alexander Leggatt as the distance between the early modern English actor standing "as it were, beside the character, commenting on it," and "showing it off," (20) which is to say, performing it. Racial impersonation on the Elizabethan stage: the case of ... by Habib, Imtiaz / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England This interaction culminates in the speech on "commodity" where the contrarious dramaturgy in the figuration of the Bastard--presentational and representational--culminates in a strange contradiction between the unveiling language of the commentator and the complicity of the participant. Mingling Vice and "Worthiness" in King John by WEIMANN, ROBERT / Shakespeare Studies			contragestive Contrahent contrail Contraindicant contraindicate contraindication contralateral contralto Contramure Contranatural Contraplex contraposition contrapositive contrapposto contraption contrapuntal contrapuntist Contraremonstrant contrarian Contrariant Contrariantly Contraries contrariety contrarily contrariness contrarious Contrariously contrariwise Contrarotation contrary Contrary motion contrary to fact Contras contrast contrast material contrast medium Contrastimulant contrasting contrastingly contrastive contrasty contrasuggestible Contrate Contrate wheel Contratenor contravallation contravene Contravener contravention Contraversion contrayerva			contrariae contrarian contrarian Contrarian High-Risk Fund Contrarian investing Contrarian investing Contrarian Resource Fund contrarianism contrarianism contrarians contrarians Contrariant Contrariant Contrariantly contraries contraries contraries contraries contrarieties contrarieties contrariety contrariety contrarily contrarily contrarily contrarily contrariness contrariness contrariness contrariness contrarious contrariously contrarium contrarius contrariwise contrariwise contrarotating propellers Contrarotation Contrarotation contrary contrary contrary contrary contrary contrary action contrary advice contrary assertion Contrary motion contrary to contrary to common sense contrary to decency contrary to expectations contrary to experience contrary to fact contrary to fact contrary to good business contrary to good taste contrary to law contrary to popular belief contrary to popular belief contrary to popular opinion

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