December 01 2018, 16:54

An interesting list of English words that can mean opposite things when taken out of context.

Such instances occur in Russian as well. For example, “чайник долго остывает” = “чайник долго не остывает”, and adjectives like “оригинальный”, “традиционный”, or “лихой”

https://www.dailywritingtips.com/75-contronyms-words-with-contradictory-meanings/

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