"contrarious" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more contrarious [comparative], most contrarious [superlative]
Etymology: From contrary + -ous, from Middle English contrarious, from Old French contrarious, from Late Latin contrāriōsus. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|contrary|ous}} contrary + -ous, {{inh|en|enm|contrarious}} Middle English contrarious, {{der|en|fro|contrarious}} Old French contrarious, {{der|en|LL.|contrāriōsus}} Late Latin contrāriōsus Head templates: {{en-adj}} contrarious (comparative more contrarious, superlative most contrarious)
  1. (archaic, of persons) Tending to counter, oppose, resist, argue. Tags: archaic Synonyms (persons): contradictory, lippy, refractory, willful Translations (persons): dwars (Dutch), tegendraads (Dutch), onhandelbaar (Dutch), contraire (French), contrar (Romanian), potrivnic (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-contrarious-en-adj-QNyaHP4O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 100 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 81 2 9 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 79 0 11 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 0 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'persons': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'persons': 100 0
  2. (archaic, of things) Harmful, vexatious. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-contrarious-en-adj-MzNv5qMh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contrariously, contrariousness Related terms: contrariety, contrarily, contrariness, contrary
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      "word": "contraire"
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