contrariare
Meaning
- (transitive) to oppose
- (transitive) to thwart (a plan)
- (transitive) to annoy, bother, irritate, disgruntle
- (intransitive, literary, rare) to be in opposition, to contrast
- (intransitive, literary, rare) to oppose [with a]
Concepts
Synonyms
Hyphenated as
con‧tra‧rià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kon.traˈrja.re/
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin contrāriāre. By surface analysis, contrario (“contrary”) + -are.
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