Associations to the word «Countercurrent»

Wiktionary

COUNTERCURRENT, noun. A current that flows against the prevailing one.
COUNTERCURRENT, adjective. Running in an opposite direction.

Dictionary definition

COUNTERCURRENT, noun. A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current.
COUNTERCURRENT, noun. Actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King