Usually means: Counterclockwise, opposite to usual direction.
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  1. widdershins: Merriam-Webster
  2. widdershins: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. widdershins: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. widdershins: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Widdershins, widdershins: Wordnik
  6. widdershins: Wiktionary
  7. widdershins: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. widdershins: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. widdershins: Dictionary.com
  10. widdershins: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Widdershins (disambiguation), Widdershins (novel), Widdershins: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. widdershins: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. Widdershins: The Word Detective
  14. widdershins: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. widdershins: Magic or Madness
  2. widdershins: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (widdershins)

▸ adverb:  (obsolete) The wrong way.
▸ adverb:  Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.

Similar:
widershins, withersins, widdersins, awayward, backward, again, worsely, abackwards, otherguess, otherwhither, more...

Opposite:
deasil, clockwise

Types:
anticlockwise, counterclockwise, left, more...

Colors:
    midnight blue,     charcoal,     deep purple,     forest green,     burgundy, more...
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Similar:
widershins, withersins, widdersins, awayward, backward, again, worsely, abackwards, otherguess, otherwhither, more...

Opposite:
deasil, clockwise

Types:
anticlockwise, counterclockwise, left, more...

Colors:
    midnight blue,     charcoal,     deep purple,     forest green,     burgundy, more...



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