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Disaffirm :: Disaffirm (v. t.) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal..

Discrepant :: Discrepant (a.) Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.

Abhor :: Abhor (v. i.) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with.

Cross-banded :: Cross-banded (a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface..

Absonant :: Absonant (a.) Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant.

Unkindly :: Unkindly (a.) Unnatural; contrary to nature.

Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites..

Untruthful :: Untruthful (a.) Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.

Disinterest :: Disinterest (n.) What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage.

Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark..

Cata :: Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic..

Contrary :: Contrary (n.) the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1..

Contrariwise :: Contrariwise (adv.) In a contrary order; conversely.

Unparliamentary :: Unparliamentary (a.) Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies.

Counternatural :: Counternatural (a.) Contrary to nature.

Opposite :: Opposite (a.) Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc..

Contrarily :: Contrarily (adv.) In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.

Antiphysical :: Antiphysical (a.) Contrary to nature; unnatural.

Whereas :: Whereas (conj.) When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent..

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