What differences of sense and reason, what contrarietie of imaginations doth the diversitie of our passions present unto us?
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Contrariety
//kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti//
Synonyms for "contrariety" (210 found)
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contrastcounteractioncounterpositioncounterworkingcrankinesscross purposescross-purposescrotchetinesscrudenessdealingsdeductiondeparturedespicabilitydespicablenessdeviationdifferencedisaccorddisaccordancedisagreementdisconformity
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discongruitydiscordancediscrepancydiscretenessdisequilibriumdisgustingnessdisjunctiondisparitydisproportiondissensiondissentdissimilaritydissonancedistinctiondistinctnessdivergencedivergencydiversityenmityfar cryfiliationfoulnessfractiousnessfrictionfulsomenessgrossnessharshnesshatefulnessheinousnessheterogeneityhomologyhostilityignobilityimbalanceinaccordanceinadequacyincompatibilityincongruityinconsistencyinconsonanceinequalityinequityinharmoniousness
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inharmonyinimicalnessinjusticeinsufficiencyintercourseinterferenceintimacyirreconcilabilityirregularityjunctionkickliaisonlinklinkagelinkingloathsomenessmixturemutual attractionnastinessnauseousness
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nearnessnegativenessnoisomenessnoncompliancenonconcurrencenonconformancenonconformismnonconformitynoncooperationnonobservancenonuniformitynoxiousnessobjectionabilityobjectionablenessobnoxiousnessobscenityobstinacyoddsodiousnessoffensivenessopposingoppositionopposureoppugnanceoppugnancyoriginalityothernessoverbalanceperversenessperversitypolar oppositionpolaritypolarizationposing againstpropinquityprotestproximityputridityputridnessrapportreactionrebarbativenessrecalcitrancerecoilrecusancerecusancyrefractorinessrelatednessrelationrelationsrelationshiprenitencyrepellencerepellencyrepercussionrepugnancerepulsivenessresistancerevoltrivalryrottennessseparatenessshortcomingshowdownsimilarityswimming upstreamsympathytietie intie-inunbalanceunconformityuncooperativenessunevennessunfair discriminationunionunlikenessunorthodoxyunspeakablenessvariancevariationvariegationvarietyvilenessvying
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This contrariety of humours betwixt my father and my uncle, was the source of many a fraternal squabble.
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Thy ſenate is a ſcene of civil jar, / Chaos of contrarieties at vvar, / VVhere ſharp and ſolid, phlegmatic and light, / Diſcordant atoms meet, ferment and fight, […]
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The contrariety of views and designs, the concertative, dilatory conferences of a numerous assembly (rent and divided as such assemblies are ever found to be), render it expedient that the prerogative of commencing war be confided to the advised discretion of the executory power.
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