contrariness

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I’m feeling the pleasures of contrariness, too.
我还感受到了矛盾心理带给我的愉悦。
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 .
有点矛盾这个列表才会完善：当你尽力不用多余包装的时候，如果你的预算不够千万不要放过多精力在上面。
With me, nothing illustrates the contrariness of things better than the matter of sleep.
在我看来，没有什么比睡眠更能说明事物间的矛盾。

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