n
(figuratively) The exact opposite.
n
(plural only, obsolete) A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
adj
(linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference.
adj
(not comparable) Opposite; confronting.
adv
Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
adj
rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
n
An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
v
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
adj
Contending or acting against.
adj
Alternative form of antagonistic [Contending or acting against.]
adj
Obsolete form of antagonistic. [Contending or acting against.]
adj
(medicine, especially describing a muscle) Having been acted on by antagonistic forces.
n
(obsolete) contest; opposition; antagonism
n
(animation) A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping
adj
Of the contrary name or character; opposite.
adj
Exhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory.
adj
Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic
adj
Antipathetic, with antipathy.
adj
Characterized by antipathy.
adj
(obsolete) Having a natural contrariety; adverse, antipathetic.
adj
Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
adj
Having an opposite or diametrically opposite meaning.
adv
(usually humorous, emphatic) on the contrary
adj
(obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
n
The finding that, faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, people can reject the evidence and believe even more strongly.
adj
adverse or antagonistic; disagreeing or opposing
n
Either concept, the inverse of the other, of a conceptual pair.
adj
Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
adj
Relating to confutation.
n
An obnoxious person who routinely contradicts him or herself or others.
v
To be contrary to (something).
n
(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
adj
contradictory; inconsistent; opposing
adj
(uncommon) contradictory.
adj
(obsolete) Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.
adj
(now rare) Contradictory.
adj
Synonym of contradictory
adj
Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
adj
Distinguished by opposite qualities.
n
Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined.
adj
Of or relating to contradistinction.
adv
Of or relating to contradistinction.
n
(medicine) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
adj
Obsolete form of contrary. [Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.]
adj
Pertaining to or characteristic of a contrarian.
adj
contrary; opposed; antagonistic; contradictory
n
Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
adj
(archaic, of persons) Tending to counter, oppose, resist, argue.
adv
(obsolete) Contrarily; oppositely.
adj
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
adv
Alternative spelling of contrariwise. [(literary) in the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction]
adj
Having two contradictory aspects, as in a paradox or oxymoron.
adj
Displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty.
n
(rare) contrast; the contrasting of opposing things or elements
adj
Relating to a contravention
adv
Alternative form of contrariwise [(literary) in the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction]
adj
(obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
n
The opposite or reverse.
adj
Having an opposing attitude
adj
That makes a different (typically opposite) prediction
n
The characteristic of being countervailable; the ability to be countervailed; compensability.
adj
(now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
adj
Contrary; diametrically opposed.
n
(rhetoric) Comparison or illustration by contraries.
adj
Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive.
n
The converse; opposite, usually negative, inherent aspects or consequences of something.
v
To be contrary to a trend, feeling or principle.
adj
Pronunciation spelling of opposite. [Located directly across from something else, or from each other.]
adj
Opposite in effect, nature or order.
adj
(proscribed) Odd or coincidental; strange.
adj
Characterized by the use of malapropisms.
n
Polar opposite, especially of a literary character.
adj
(obsolete) Opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
adj
That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
v
to posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny
adj
Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
n
(childish) A contrived holiday on which everything is done backwards, for example "yes" means "no".
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
adj
Expressing contrariety.
adj
opposing, antagonistic, contrary
adj
Having self-contradictory properties.
adv
(law) in contrast, on the contrary
n
The complete opposite, opposite in every way.
adj
Conflicting or contradictory.
adv
(conjunctive) opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed.
adj
Involving multiple contradictory accounts.
adv
(conjunctive) Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary.
adj
Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
adj
Counterproductive to a desired outcome; contradictory, contrary.
adj
Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
adj
(typography) Having stroke thickness that is on an axis contrary to convention.
n
A prediction which is the opposite of the outcome desired by the person making it.
adj
Containing multiple claims or ideas that are inherently in disagreement; of something or someone that contradicts itself
adj
(rare) Full of opposition or inclined to thwart; contrary; cross
adj
Causing or indicating opposition; adverse; pushy; cross
adj
(idiomatic) Against, in direct opposition.
adj
Opposite, opposing; hostile.
n
The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
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