contradictory
adjective /ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.tər.i/
/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.tɚ-/ Definition
C2 If two or more facts, pieces of advice, etc. are contradictory, they are very different from each other: I keep getting contradictory advice - some people tell me to keep it warm and some tell me to put ice on it.Denying and contradicting
(Definition of contradictory adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- answer (sb) back phrasal verb
- apparently adverb
- change your tune idiom
- contradict verb
- contradiction noun
- defensive adjective
- deniable adjective
- denial noun (NOT ALLOW)
- denial noun (NOT TRUE)
- deny verb (NOT TRUE)
- disabuse verb
- dispute verb
- fly in the face of sth idiom
- I'm a Dutchman idiom
- in the same breath idiom
- make (a) nonsense of sth idiom
- oxymoron noun
- rebut verb
- rebuttal noun
- stand sth on its head idiom
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