contrarié
French, adjective
contrarié is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-É (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrarié is a French adjective meaning “upset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of contrarier. Without its accent, contrarie is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soumis à une contrainte, à une opposition”.
What does contrarié mean in English?
adjective
- 1
upset
- 2
annoyed, irritated
- 3
thwarted
verb
- 1
past participle of contrarier
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Soumis à une contrainte, à une opposition. 2. Qui a subi une contrariété. 3. Qui laisse voir, ressentir un sentiment de contrariété. 4. Disposé en sens contraire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contrarié
- contrariée feminine
- contrariés masculine plural
- contrariées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to contrarié
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrarié in French?
contrarié appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).