† contrariancen.
Obsolete. rare.
Contrary or adverse action; also = contrariancy n.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun]
contrariositya1340
adversitya1382
champertyc1386
contrariousness1398
thwartingc1430
contrariancec1450
contrariness?1530
withsitting1532
oppugning1535
opposition1548
oppugnation1563
thwartness1577
adverseness1580
crossing1580
breasting1594
antipathy1601
oppugnancy1609
affrontment1611
opposure1611
thortera1614
contrariancya1617
obstancy1616
oppositeness1619
contropposition1621
obstrigillation1623
opposing1624
hostility1632
opposal1638
crossness1641
affront1642
aversion1651
oppugnance1657
shock1664
opponency1727
counteraction1750
antagonism1797
throwing1816
oppositiveness1824
kick1839
variance1842
opposedness1853
againstness1909
hornet1921
adversariness1970
oppositionality1989
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun]
riot?c1225
contrariositya1340
contrarietyc1380
contrariness1398
contrariousness1398
repugnance?a1425
contrariancec1450
oppositiona1500
contraposition1581
countermatching1587
counterposition1594
antipathy1601
antistrophe1605
thwarting1609
contrariancya1617
antithesis1631
contrast1731
contrastiveness1949
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4404 There bes freendship and luf with out contrariaunce.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xcviii. xii. 7 Who [wanteth witte] is always desolate Of all good rule..And euer enfect by his contrariaunce.
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