Contrary
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.
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Publications
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 9 Sep 2021
- The Guardian Quick - Wednesday, 2 Jun 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- The Guardian Quick - Friday, 19 Mar 2021
- The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 21 Jun 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 24 Feb 2020
- The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 17 Apr 2016
Crossword Answers
4 letters
ANTI
A person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"
6 letters
AVERSE
(usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"
7 letters
ADVERSE
Contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
COUNTER
A return punch (especially by a boxer)
REVERSE
Turning in the opposite direction
OPPOSED
Being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"
WAYWARD
Resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
INVERSE
Opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)"
8 letters
NEGATIVE
A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
OPPOSITE
A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"
PERVERSE
Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
9 letters
OBSTINATE
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing