contrariness

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I’m feeling the pleasures of contrariness, too.
我還感受到了矛盾心理帶給我的愉悅。
This list wouldn’t be complete without some contrariness: While you’re avoiding excessive packaging, don’t pay more to do it if you don’t have the budget for it .
有點矛盾這個列表才會完善：儅你盡力不用多餘包裝的時候，如果你的預(yù)算不夠千萬不要放過多精力在上麪。
With me, nothing illustrates the contrariness of things better than the matter of sleep.
在我看來，沒有什麼比睡眠更能說明事物間的矛盾。

L. Mencken, who became an early mentor and whose cigar-waving directness and contrariness appealed to him.
NEWYORKER: This Woman’s Work
Besides delivering quality work, Dawson has stayed in business by practicing cyclical contrariness.
FORBES: Optimistic on oil
Sometimes I thought I did remember, but out of contrariness or fear of getting things wrong I pretended not to.
NEWYORKER: Gravel

the quality of being someone who intentionally wants to disagree with and annoy other people