contrary
— Adjective
– English
～ resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
contrary
— Adjective
– English
～ very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"
contrary
— Adjective
– English
～ in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"
contrary
— Adjective
– English
～ of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"
contrasting
— Adjective
– English
～ strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
contrastive
— Adjective
– English
～ of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
contrastive
— Adjective
– English
～ strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
contrastive
— Adjective
– English
～ syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"
contrasty
— Adjective
– English
～ having sharp differences between black and white
contributing
— Adjective
– English
～ tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"
contributive
— Adjective
– English
～ tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"
contributory
— Adjective
– English
～ tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"
contrite
— Adjective
– English
～ feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
contrived
— Adjective
– English
～ showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"
contrived
— Adjective
– English
～ artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
controllable
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of being controlled
controlled
— Adjective
– English
～ restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds; "controlled emotions"; "the controlled release of water from reservoirs"
controlling
— Adjective
– English
～ able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"
controversial
— Adjective
– English
～ marked by or capable of arousing controversy; "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's controversial book"; "a controversial decision on affirmative action"
contumacious
— Adjective
– English
～ wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"