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— English words —

• contrary adj. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
• contrary adj. Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
• contrary adj. Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
• contrary adv. Contrarily.
• contrary n. The opposite.
• contrary n. (Logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
• contrary v. (Obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
• contrary v. (Obsolete) To impugn.
• contrary v. (Obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
• contrary v. (Obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone or something).
• contrary v. (Obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
• contrary v. (Obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
• contrary v. (Obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

— English words, defined in French —

• contrary adj. Inverse.
• contrary adj. Contrariant, qui aime à contrarier.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• contrary s. Contrario.
• contrary adj. Contrario.

46 English words from 13 English definitions

act adverse argue become both cannot contradict contradictory Contrarily debate direction false frustrate Given Given␣to impugn inconsistent inconsistently Logic may Obsolete of␣a One opinion oppose Opposed opposite opposition or␣something pair perverse perversely propositions reversed self self-contradictory simultaneously someone something that the they though true uphold wayward

2 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Contrariant Inverse

4 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

aime contrarier Contrario qui

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

contrary␣to contrarying contrarywise

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

canon␣by␣contrary␣motion

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

subcontrary on␣the␣contrary to␣the␣contrary quite␣the␣contrary

25 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ary Ary -ary con Con CON -con con- cont cont. contr contr. contra Contra contra- NTR ntr. Ont ONT on't Ont. rar RAR tra TRA

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

art Art ART 'art art. NOC rar RAR RTN TNO

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

conrotary Craythorn

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

carroty carryon carry-on carry␣on Crantor Crayton Rortyan Traynor

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

Contrazy

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