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What is the adjective for contrast?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs contrast and contrary which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

contrary
  1. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
  2. Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
  3. Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. opposite, contradictory, antithetical, clashing, contrasting, counter, different, differing, opposed, opposing, reverse, conflicting, diametric, diametrical, polar, adverse, antipodal, divergent, inconsistent, antipodean, incompatible, incongruous, irreconcilable, antipathic, dissimilar, oppugnant, anti, diametrically opposed, discrepant, converse, discordant, disagreeing, inconsonant, at variance, at odds, antagonistic, inharmonious, antipathetic, disparate, poles apart, repugnant, inverse, mutually exclusive, out of keeping, dissonant, in opposition, obverse, antonymous, out of step, incoherent … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “In fact, several influential commentators offer a contrary assessment that links globalization to new forms of cultural expression.”
      “Sometimes, I think he arbitrarily disagrees with me just to be contrary.”
      “In the opera, a contrary child protagonist has a tantrum when his mother asks him if he has done his homework.”
contrasted
  1. Set in contrast (of two or more things).
  2. Displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. dissimilar, different, disparate, contrasting, divergent, distinct, contradictory, differing, inconsistent, unlike, contrary, unalike, discrepant, distinctive, opposed, antithetical, incongruous, opposite, mismatched, discordant, contrastive, distinguishable, nonidentical, unrelated, unequal, distant, inharmonious, variant, varying, other, unsimilar, individual, independent, unique, unallied, antonymous, mismated, confused, odd, poles apart, like night and day, like chalk and cheese, far cry, not alike, not similar, far from, not capable of comparison, march to a different drummer, conflicting, separate … more
contrariant
  1. contrary; opposed; antagonistic; contradictory
  2. Synonyms:
      3. conflicting, incompatible, contradictory, clashing, contrary, inconsistent, incongruous, different, opposite, opposed, discordant, discrepant, antithetical, disagreeing, contrasting, differing, divergent, irreconcilable, opposing, inconsonant, inharmonious, antagonistic, repugnant, oppugnant, adverse, antipathetic, varying, dissonant, incongruent, paradoxical, disconsonant, unmixable, unfavorable, unfavourable, at variance, at odds, in opposition, mutually exclusive, at odds with, perverse, difficult, wayward, wilful, awkward, intractable, balky, disobedient, disobliging, froward … more
contrasty
  1. (photography) Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph)
  2. Examples:
      3. “This is a very contrasty negative that will not print well even on a grade 0 or 1 paper.”
      “The dark tones have all the opposite properties, being coarse, grainy, cold and contrasty.”
      “Sin City is the very depth and form of pulp, a contrasty, blooming monochrome nightmare of the very worst of human scum.”
contrastable
  1. Capable of being contrasted (with something else); admitting contrast.
  2. Examples:
      3. “When the novel is reduced to a categorical study of two easily contrastable characters, the complexity of Austen's heroines is underestimated.”
contrasting
  1. Set in opposition; markedly different.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. contradictory, conflicting, opposing, different, disparate, divergent, dissimilar, antagonistic, distinct, distinctive, very different, contrary, opposite, differing, antithetical, opposed, incompatible, inconsistent, clashing, discrepant, incongruous, unalike, unlike, at variance, poles apart, mismatched, diverse, at odds, discordant, irreconcilable, unequal, counter, nonidentical, contrastive, polar, distinguishable, distant, unrelated, reverse, converse, diametric, separate, oppugnant, diametrical, varying, antipodal, inharmonious, disagreeing, variant, adverse … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Add design interest to a neckline and sleeve or lower edge hems by using a contrasting fabric for facings.”
contrastive
  1. contrasting
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dissimilar, different, disparate, contrasting, divergent, distinct, contradictory, differing, inconsistent, unlike, contrary, unalike, discrepant, distinctive, opposed, antithetical, incongruous, opposite, mismatched, discordant, distinguishable, nonidentical, unrelated, unequal, distant, inharmonious, variant, varying, other, contrasted, unsimilar, individual, independent, unique, unallied, antonymous, mismated, confused, odd, poles apart, like night and day, like chalk and cheese, far cry, not alike, not similar, far from, not capable of comparison, march to a different drummer, incompatible, at variance … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Then in 1964 he came up with the idea of setting up contrastive tagmemes of subject-as-actor in contrast to subject-as-goal.”
      “The difficulty of this contrast is that the phonemes included were phonologically similar, though contrastive.”
      “Both stress accent and pitch accent are syntagmatically contrastive, while lexical tone is contrastive in a paradigmatic way.”
contraried
  1. simple past tense and past participle of contrary
contrarying
  1. present participle of contrary
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