contrarious

[ kuh n-trair-ee-uh s ]

/ kənˈtrɛər i əs /

Chiefly Appalachian. perverse; refractory.

Archaic. adverse; unfavorable.

Origin of contrarious

1250–1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin contrārius contrary; see -ous

con·trar·i·ous·ly, adverb con·trar·i·ous·ness, noun

It was just bitterly disappointing and contrarious that the one person he wished to see was a Commodore Graham.

The Summons |A.E.W. Mason
And what greater absurditie can there bee, then to say that one cure shall serue for diuers, nay, contrarious sortes of diseases?

A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco |King James I.
What other art gives scope to natures and dispositions so diverse, and to tastes so contrarious?

Style |Walter Raleigh
They will be drowned going overland, after the contrarious way of the world.

Up the Country |Emily Eden

For contrarious inges ne ben 1420 not wont to ben yfelawshiped togidres.

Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' |Geoffrey Chaucer

contrarious

/ (kənˈtrɛərɪəs) /

(of people or animals) perverse or obstinate

(of conditions) unfavourable

contrariously, adverb contrariousness, noun