contradictory
ADJECTIVENOUN
/,kɑntrə'dɪktəri/
13 LETTERS · 5 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C
contradictory is a valid 13-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3O1N1T1R1A1D2I1C3T1O1R1Y4
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
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What does contradictory mean?
ADJECTIVE · 4 SENSES
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Unable for both to exist or be true at the same time.
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In disagreement.
“contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness”
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3
That confounds or contradicts or confuses.
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4
Of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false.
“`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms”
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NOUN · 1 SENSE
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Two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time.
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