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adverse, antagonistic, antipodean, antithalian, antithetical, apotropaic, as opposite as black and white, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as the poles, at cross purposes, bottom upwards, conflicting, contraconscientious, contradictory, contranitent, contrapletal, contrariant, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, contrasty, contre-coeur, converse, counter, counteracting, countervailing, dead against, diametrically opposite, differing, hostile, hyperion to a satyr, inconsistent, inside out, inverse, inverted, just the other way, keel upwards, negative, no such thing, not to be thought of, obverted, on one's head, opposed, opposing, opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse, reactionary, recalcitrant, repercussive, retroactive, retrorse, reverse, reverting, revulsive, rovescio, supine, topheavy, topsy-turvy, upside down, withershins, wrong side out, wrong side up