2. Adjective. Set in contrast (of two or more things). ¹
3. Adjective. Displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contrasted
1. contrast [v] - See also: contrast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrasted
Literary usage of Contrasted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Voluntary action and its complex background as contrasted with lower forms of
behavior. The significance of the foregoing conclusion will be fully grasped ..."
2. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"In the last of the series he contrasted the old and the new psychology, as it
applies to the education of the child, in the following words: What, then, ..."
3. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"... happy moments spent in the exercises of religion, contrasted with my then
present lot, but increased my anguish. I suffered bodily as well as mentally. ..."
4. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1921)
"EN BAY contrasted Milwaukee has more than fulfilled the expectations of its
founders; it has far surpassed Green Bay of which it was, in a way, an offshoot. ..."
5. Jane Austen's Works by Jane Austen, James Edward Austen-Leigh (1882)
"... first attempt* at publication— Two Review! of her worts contrasted. SELDOM has
any literary reputation been of such slow growth as that of Jane Austen. ..."
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