Contrary and Trying

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Contrary adjective - Being as different as possible.

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Trying and contrary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Contrary".

Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.

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Contrary and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrary" instead an adjective "Trying".

Nearby Words: try, tried

On the contrary, he really likes it... to the point of immediately trying to talk her into "doing it as birds" (birds being what they're transformed into on that day).

Source: Roleplay / City of Lost Characters
That answer will almost always be contrary to the point they were trying to make.

Source: Rhetorical Question Blunder
Contrary to popular belief, not everything is trying to kill you.

Source: Everything Trying to Kill You

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