The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Contrarious \Con*tra"ri*ous\, a. [LL. contrariosus: cf. OF. contrarios contralius.] Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. [Archaic] --Milton. [1913 Webster] She flew contrarious in the face of God. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
contrarious adj 1: difficult to deal with [syn: contrarious, cross- grained]