English-Dutch translations for contrary

• contrair
• strijdig
  Dat is strijdig met het gelijkheidsbeginsel. This is contrary to the principle of equality.
  Dat is simpelweg strijdig met de internationale overeenkomsten. That is simply contrary to the international conventions.
  De huidige regeling is mogelijk zelfs strijdig met artikel 50 van het EG-Verdrag. The present arrangement may even be contrary to Article 50 of the EC Treaty.
• tegendeel
  In tegendeel, wij verdedigen het Cubaanse volk.On the contrary, we defend them.
  Veeleer is het tegendeel waar: ze kwamen te laat. On the contrary, they came too late.
  Maar het tegendeel is het geval: er heerst tumult. On the contrary, what we see is uproar.
• tegendraads

Definition of contrary

• Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse
• Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent
• Given to opposition; perverse; wayward
• Contrarily
• The opposite
• One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, , though they may both be false
• To oppose; to frustrate
• To impugn
• To do the opposite of (''someone'or ''something''
• To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion

Examples

• contrary winds
• What may be "politically correct" could be contrary to the teachings of Jesus.
• a contrary disposition; a contrary child

Related words

• subcontrary
• contrarian