Contrary
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostile and contrary
- hostile and exposing
- antagonistic and contrary
- antagonistic and exposing
- inimical and contrary
- inimical and exposing
- incompatible and contrary
- incompatible and exposing
- clashing and contrary
- clashing and exposing
- irreconcilable and contrary
- irreconcilable and exposing
- adverse and contrary
- adverse and exposing
Both words in one sentence
- On the contrary, they merely feel relieved that he can no longer embarrass them by exposing any of the stuff they used him for.
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On the contrary, she has betrayed him a few times by exposing his infidelity and starting an affair of her own.
Source: Series / Scandal -
Invader Zim has two cases: Zim, who refuses to acknowledge that his leaders would like nothing more than his swift and painful death, and Dib, who thinks that exposing Zim as an alien will change how his family and peers think of him, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary.
Source: Selective Obliviousness
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Exposing or Contrary. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrary/exposing.
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