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contrariness

contrariness noun: the state of being contrary.

Noun

contrariness (countable and uncountable, plural contrarinesses)

  1. The state of being contrary

contrariness meaning in Tamil and Urdu

contrariness in Tamil

பிரதீபம்

contrariness in Urdu

مخالفت, ضد

Forms of contrariness

pluralcontrarinesses

Origin of contrariness

From contrary + -ness.

Questions about contrariness

What does contrariness mean?
Contrariness means the state of being contrary.
What is contrariness in Tamil?
Contrariness in Tamil is பிரதீபம். See Contrariness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is contrariness?
Contrariness is a noun.
What is the plural of contrariness?
The plural of contrariness is contrarinesses.

Words near contrariness in the dictionary

  1. contraries
  2. contrarietie
  3. contrarieties
  4. contrariety
  5. contrarily
  6. contrariness
  7. contrarinesses
  8. contrariosity
  9. contrarious
  10. contrariously
  11. contrariousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contrariness (page history and authors); contrariness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contrariness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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