dwars — meaning in English
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English meaning
- across prep From one side of something to the other.
- cantankerous adj Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
- contradictory adjective Saying or implying the opposite of something else, so both can't be true.
- contrarious adj Tending to counter, oppose, resist, argue.
- fractious adj Given to troublemaking.
Senses
dwars is used for these senses in English:
- across (Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
- across From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
- cantankerous Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
- contradictory Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
- contrarious (archaic, of persons) Tending to counter, oppose, resist, argue.
- fractious Given to troublemaking.
- transversely In a transverse manner.
across — full definition
- prep From one side of something to the other.
- prep On the opposite side of.
- adv From one side to the other; to the opposite side.