Thesaurus / contrariety
FEEDBACKHow to use contrariety in a sentence
Concerning the disease, there was great contrariety of opinion among medical men.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANBut it isn't particularly reasonable to talk of the contrariety of fate if they both get hit.
THE NEW MACHIAVELLIHERBERT GEORGE WELLSThe same contrariety in his members seemed to exist throughout the whole man.
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANSJAMES FENIMORE COOPERAnd yet the extensive contrariety between the old and the new is admitted.
STUDIES ON HOMER AND THE HOMERIC AGE, VOL. 1 OF 3W. E. GLADSTONEWith that unerring instinct of contrariety that never seemed to forsake him, Borrow proceeded to learn, not law but Welsh.
THE LIFE OF GEORGE BORROWHERBERT JENKINSThis contrariety of humours betwixt my father and my uncle, was the source of many a fraternal squabble.
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMANLAURENCE STERNETo speak backwards, write backwards, read backwards, is but the a b c of their contrariety.
THE SOUL OF THE FAR EASTPERCIVAL LOWELLIs it to be presumed that even Socrates chose Xantippe for her remarkable contrariety to himself?
THE SOUL OF THE FAR EASTPERCIVAL LOWELLThe cause was attributed to contrarietie of winds; but the contrariety of wils was the truest impediment.
THE LIVES OF THE III NORMANS, KINGS OF ENGLAND: WILLIAM THE FIRST, WILLIAM THE SECOND, HENRIE THE FIRSTJOHN HAYWARDThe apparent contrariety of their qualities and structure perhaps led to this.
SYBILBENJAMIN DISRAELIWORDS RELATED TO CONTRARIETY
- adverse
- antithesis
- comparison
- contradiction
- contradistinction
- contraposition
- contrariety
- converse
- differentiation
- disagreement
- disparity
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- distinction
- divergence
- diversity
- foil
- heterogeneity
- incompatibility
- incongruousness
- inconsistency
- inequality
- inverse
- oppositeness
- opposition
- reverse
- unlikeness
- variance
- variation
- adverses
- antitheses
- comparisons
- contradictions
- contradistinction
- contrapositions
- contrarieties
- converse
- differentiations
- disagreements
- disparities
- dissimilarities
- dissimilitudes
- distinctions
- divergences
- diversities
- foils
- heterogeneities
- incompatibilities
- incongruousnesses
- inconsistencies
- inequalities
- inverse
- oppositenesses
- oppositions
- reverses
- unlikenesses
- variances
- variations
- argument
- beef
- blowup
- bone to pick
- brannigan
- brawl
- brush
- brush-off
- clash
- conflict
- contention
- contrariety
- contretemps
- controversy
- debate
- disaccord
- disagreement
- discord
- discordance
- dispute
- dissension
- dissent
- dissidence
- disunity
- dustup
- estrangement
- hassle
- quarrel
- row
- run-in
- scrap
- set-to
- spat
- strife
- tiff
- variance
- words
- wrangle
- arguments
- beeves
- blowups
- bone to picks
- brannigans
- brawls
- brush-offs
- brushes
- catamarans
- clashes
- conflicts
- contentions
- contrarieties
- contretemps
- controversies
- debates
- disaccords
- disagreements
- discordances
- discords
- disputes
- dissensions
- dissent
- dissidence
- disunity
- dustups
- estrangements
- hassles
- quarrels
- rows
- run-ins
- scraps
- set-tos
- spats
- strife
- tiffs
- variances
- words
- wrangles
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