CONTRARINESS Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

contrariness

noun

Definition of contrariness

as in rebellion

refusal to obey cursed the contrariness of her beloved mutt when it refused to come back inside the house

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as in opposition

the quality or state of being as different as possible a contrariness between his professed altruism and his blatant selfishness

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Noun

At this point, my rebellion had evolved to become more than just a quiet resistance.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
In such trivial moments of rebellion, the seeds of resistance are sown.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebellion

Noun

In communities where multiple developers have invoked 8-30g despite community opposition, some Democratic candidates don’t follow the party leadership’s line.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
My answer is that opposition and engagement are not mutually exclusive.

— Raymond C. Pierce, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of opposition

Noun

These women — cradle Catholics and converts, former nuns, teachers, hospice chaplains, counselors, spouses, mothers, grandmothers — say their defiance is the fulfillment of a vocation, no different than the call answered by their male counterparts.

— Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Taking the Long Way, more than anger or defiance, zeroes in on the sting of being ousted from your own home.

— Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of defiance

Noun

Magnetic flux and polarity specs are hard to find because there’s no standard for measuring magnetic flux, and many users don’t seek or need this information.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
Apply one polarity and the white particles move toward the top of a capsule.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of polarity

Noun

And from that boredom, a different kind of will, the willfulness that accompanies a need to destroy that happiness.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
From grandmother to grandchild, these three sets of two sisters were powerful characters possessed with passion, willfulness, bravery, and devotion to each other.

— Griffin Dunne, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of willfulness

Noun

The stigma helped imprint a stamp of rebelliousness on the brand which lives on today, says Carpenter, even as Burton has become a fixture on resort slopes across the world and within the annals of Olympian history.

— Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Whether writing five decades ago or today, the genre’s most insightful commentators have always observed how punk fuses rebelliousness with commodification, capitalism with resistance.

— Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026

Definition of rebelliousness

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