Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contrariness

2 senses of contrariness

Sense 1
contrariness, perversity, perverseness -- (deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline)
       => unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness -- (the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline)

Sense 2
crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness -- (a fussy and eccentric disposition)
       => ill nature -- (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)