contrarious

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

contrarious
    adj 1: difficult to deal with [syn: {contrarious}, {cross-
           grained}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Contrarious \Con*tra"ri*ous\, a. [LL. contrariosus: cf. OF.
   contrarios contralius.]
   Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. [Archaic] --Milton.
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         She flew contrarious in the face of God. --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
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