Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to contrary
Participle: contraried
Gerund: contrarying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | contrary |
| you | contrary |
| he;she;it | contraries |
| we | contrary |
| you | contrary |
| they | contrary |
Perfect
| I | have contraried |
| you | have contraried |
| he;she;it | has contraried |
| we | have contraried |
| you | have contraried |
| they | have contraried |
Past
| I | contraried |
| you | contraried |
| he;she;it | contraried |
| we | contraried |
| you | contraried |
| they | contraried |
Pluperfect
| I | had contraried |
| you | had contraried |
| he;she;it | had contraried |
| we | had contraried |
| you | had contraried |
| they | had contraried |
Future
| I | will contrary |
| you | will contrary |
| he;she;it | will contrary |
| we | will contrary |
| you | will contrary |
| they | will contrary |
Future Perfect
| I | will have contraried |
| you | will have contraried |
| he;she;it | will have contraried |
| we | will have contraried |
| you | will have contraried |
| they | will have contraried |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | contrary |
| you | contrary |
| he;she;it | contrary |
| we | contrary |
| you | contrary |
| they | contrary |
Perfect
| I | have contraried |
| you | have contraried |
| he;she;it | have contraried |
| we | have contraried |
| you | have contraried |
| they | have contraried |
Imperfect
| I | contraried |
| you | contraried |
| he;she;it | contraried |
| we | contraried |
| you | contraried |
| they | contraried |
Pluperfect
| I | had contraried |
| you | had contraried |
| he;she;it | had contraried |
| we | had contraried |
| you | had contraried |
| they | had contraried |
Conditional
Present
| I | would contrary |
| you | would contrary |
| he;she;it | would contrary |
| we | would contrary |
| you | would contrary |
| they | would contrary |
Perfect
| I | would have contraried |
| you | would have contraried |
| he;she;it | would have contraried |
| we | would have contraried |
| you | would have contraried |
| they | would have contraried |
Imperative
| you | contrary |
| we | Let's contrary |
| you | contrary |
Verbs conjugated like 'contrary'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'contrary'
contract,
contrast,
canary,
consarn,
constrain,
contact,
contain,
contort,
contour,
contrist,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English contrarie, compare French contraire, from Old French contraire, from Latin contrārius (“opposite, opposed, contrary”), from contrā (“against”). See: French '
contraire'.
Sample Sentences
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You that be of the court, & eſpecially ye ſworn chaplains beware of a leſſon that a great man taught me at my firſt coming to the court he told me for a good will, he thoughte it wel. He ſayd vnto me. You muſt beware how ſo euer ye do that ye cõtrary not the king, let him haue his ſaiyngs, folow him, go with him. Mary out vpon this counſel, ſhal I ſay, as he ſayes? [1549 April 29 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Seuenth Sermon of Maister Hugh Latymer, which He Preached before King Edward [VI], the .19. Day of Aprill.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 93, recto:]
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The Athenians having left the enemie in their owne land, for to pass into Sicilie, had very ill successe, and were much contraried by fortune[…]. [1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 47, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:]
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thus wilfully sir Palomydes dyd bataille with yow
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& as for hym sir I was not gretely aferd but I dred fore laūcelot that knew yow not
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Madame said Palomydes ye maye saye what so ye wyll
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I maye not contrary yow but by my knyghthode I knewe not sir Tristram [1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter LXXVII, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:]
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I finde them everie one in his turne to have reason, although they contrary one another. [1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:]