contrariant

Inherited from Middle English contrariaunt, from Old French contrariant, from Late Latin contrāriāns, present participle of contrāriō.

contrariant (comparative more contrariant, superlative most contrariant)

1. Contrary or antagonistic.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opposite

   • 1795, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, address delivered in Bristol:

     the struggles of contrariant factions

   • 1903 January 14, “Current Notes”, in Bye-Gones: Relating to Wales and the Border Counties, volume 8, page 8:

     The learned Chancellor concludes:—“We have long ago satisfied ourselves that natural science, as represented by Darwin, is not contrariant to revealed religon, and it is a wholesome thing to be remnided that every good and perfect gift cometh from the Father of Light.”

contrariant (plural contrariants)

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

• “contrariant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɑ̃/

contrariant

1. present participle of contrarier

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

1. annoying, irritating
2. antagonizing

   Antonym: conciliant

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

From contraria +‎ -ant.

contrariant m or n (feminine singular contrariantă, masculine plural contrarianți, feminine and neuter plural contrariante)

1. contrariant
2. vexatious