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Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was

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Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature. repugnant to command. Shak. There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. Perkins. Syn. -- Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent; irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.

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  • FACETIAE
    Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.
  • COUNTERBRACE
    To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
  • FACIES
    The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment. (more info) 1. The anterior part of the head; the face.
  • FACILITATION
    The act of facilitating or making easy.
  • COUNTERACTIVE
    Tending to counteract.
  • COUNTERFLEURY
    Counterflory.
  • COUNTERVIEW
    1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
  • FACIEND
    The multiplicand. See Facient,
  • COUNTER WEIGHT
    A counterpoise.
  • AVERSENESS
    The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
  • CONTRARIANT
    Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. The struggles of contrariant factions. Coleridge. (more info) oppose, fr. L. contrarius: cf. F. contrariant, p.pr. of contrarier to
  • FACUND
    Eloquent.
  • COUNTERJUMPER
    A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously.
  • OPPOSABILITY
    The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
  • COUNTERPLEAD
    To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
  • COUNTER BRACE
    The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
  • COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
    See A
  • COUNTER
    A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. (more info) Note:
  • COUNTERGUARD
    A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
  • CREAM-FACED
    White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.
  • BAREFACEDNESS
    The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.
  • CHYLIFACTIVE
    Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.
  • CRABFACED
    Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. Beau & Fl.
  • TEMPOROFACIAL
    Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face.
  • OLFACTOR
    A smelling organ; a nose.

 

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