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Unkind :: Unkind (a.) Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural..

Ugly :: Ugly (superl.) Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

Heretic :: Heretic (n.) One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.

Contrary :: Contrary (a.) Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child..

Subcontrary :: Subcontrary (a.) Contrary in an inferior degree.

Massacre :: Massacre (n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings..

Crossflow :: Crossflow (v. i.) To flow across, or in a contrary direction..

Disaffirm :: Disaffirm (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.

Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

Irrubrical :: Irrubrical (a.) Contrary to the rubric; not rubrical.

Contrarotation :: Contrarotation (n.) Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

Contradiction :: Contradiction (n.) An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.

Contrariety :: Contrariety (n.) Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency..

Contra :: Contra () A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref..

Unfavorable :: Unfavorable (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.

Rather :: Rather (a.) On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead.

Run :: Run (a.) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary..

Goodish :: Goodish (a.) Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.

Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..

Windbound :: Windbound (a.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound..

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