contrariant

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin contrarians, present participle of contrariare (“to oppose”).

Adjective

contrariant (comparative more contrariant, superlative most contrariant)

1. contrary; opposed; antagonistic; contradictory
   • (Can we date this quote by Coleridge and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     the struggles of contrariant factions

Noun

contrariant (plural contrariants)

1. (rare) A thing that is contrary or of opposite qualities.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “contrariant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɑ̃/

Verb

contrariant

1. present participle of contrarier

Adjective

contrariant (feminine contrariante, masculine plural contrariants, feminine plural contrariantes)

1. annoying, irritating
2. antagonizing

   Antonym: conciliant

Further reading

• “contrariant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.