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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Contrariness  \Con"tra*ri*ness\,  n. 
  state  or  quality  of  being  contrary;  opposition; 
  inconsistency;  contrariety;  perverseness;  obstinacy. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  contrariness 
  n  1:  deliberate  unruliness  [syn:  {perversity},  {perverseness}] 
  2:  a  fussy  and  eccentric  disposition  [syn:  {crankiness},  {crotchetiness}, 
  {grumpiness}] 

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