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Meanings of contrariness in English

Catalan
perversitat
Spanish
terquedad

Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline.

perversitat

A fussy and eccentric disposition.

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Examples for "perversity"
Examples for "perversity"
1
Passages in his letters are almost comical in their perversity of misjudgment.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
2
It was weakness; it was this disease of perversity overcoming his will.
Under Western Eyes
3
That was in our list, but the perversity of the time-table forbade.
Familiar Spanish Travels
4
Through Him the leper recovered from the leprosy of perversity and ignorance.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
5
With even more perversity, one might judge Paley's observation as undoubtedly correct.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
1
There was neither self-will, perverseness, nor antagonism, in this; but paralysis instead.
The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
2
There is another exhibition of perverseness which we sometimes see in families.
Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays
3
There is often a perverseness in inanimate things which is beyond endurance.
The Lost Trail
4
It is not from humour, from perverseness, that I insist upon this.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3
5
Such is the perverseness of the feminine nature, even in Morovenia.
The Slim Princess
Usage of contrariness in English
1
The innate contrariness of things seemed to be blocking all his plans.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 / Little J...
2
It seems that the artistic personality has a certain contrariness to it.
Corduroy mansions
3
Nevertheless the British soldiers, with characteristic contrariness, declared their preference for it.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
4
Jack ran away of his own free-will, and out of downright contrariness.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
5
There is at least as much contrariness in your character as in mine.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
6
Beatrix says that it is just because of my innate contrariness.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903
7
It might be sheer contrariness, but it stuck me as odd.
The Man from the Clouds
8
For contrariness he was more than I have ever had to deal with.
The Celebrity, Volume 04
9
What contrariness has set you so intense against your own argument?
The Crisis — Complete
10
It's all due to de contrariness ob Boomerang, an' if I-
Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle; Or, Fun and Adventures on the Roa...
11
Just as if girls went into hard and trying occupations from mere contrariness!
The Trade Union Woman
12
The always-wide-awake-contrariness of womankind is a curious and fearful thing.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
13
Yet I profess to have a reason beyond mere contrariness.
Sally Bishop: A Romance
14
To dream of an overcoat, denotes you will suffer from contrariness, exhibited by others.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
15
In August, Coffin wrote to Mix that The contrariness and (cont.)
The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War
16
I think of the contrariness of Nan Toner, negotiating roadblocks on her way to Dundalk.
The Guardian
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