contrariness

The one thing you could count on with him was contrariness.

Some contrariness in his nature made him stop and return to the wounded thing.

Contrariness is the business of young people, and they got it here in large doses.

Even in the kitchen the forces of contrariness are constantly at work.

She had found a wide streak of contrariness in his nature.

Such contrariness was evident in the approach to the ads.

But before long, with what seems like characteristic contrariness, he packed it in.

But they may underestimate the contrariness of the new American traveler.

It was with a feeling of deliberate contrariness that he replied.

"With your contrariness, you should feel right at home," the physician snapped.

You might ask my father; he's the expert on contrariness."

Because of that contrariness, California is an ideal proving ground for new models.

All this "Insufficient data" business is just pure contrariness, to my mind.

The two seem united by an appetite for contrariness.

At least her contrariness extended to the others, too.

Grief, perhaps; depression, a natural contrariness or a need for someone to shout at.

Miller, usually eager to display his developed sense of contrariness, instead agreed.

The dissenting votes in part reflect nothing more than the contrariness of this game.

Gryphon almost turned and walked the other way out of sheer contrariness.

It was pure contrariness that made her continue with what she knew to be a ridiculous suggestion.

That stance may be just pure contrariness on our part, since we work outside of television's mainstream.

For by her contrariness, which stemmed from their conflicted marriage, she too made history.

If you are familiar with the contrariness principle, you know what happened next.

Perhaps Jim is right; perhaps contrariness to a particular culture could account for it.

Unfortunately, more attention is given here to the couple's petty contrariness than to the integrity of their choices.