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Perverse

Perverse Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Perverse? [adj] marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [adj] resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [adj] marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Perverse: contrary \| corrupt \| depraved \| disobedient \| immoral \| negative \| obstinate \| perverted \| reprobate \| wayward Related Terms \| Find terms related to Perverse: aberrant \| abroad \| adamant \| adrift \| adversary \| adversative \| adverse \| adversive \| alien \| all abroad \| all off \| all wrong \| amiss \| antagonistic \| anti \| antipathetic \| antithetic \| antonymous \| askew \| astray \| at cross-purposes \| at fault \| awkward \| awry \| bad-tempered \| balancing \| balky \| bearish \| beside the mark \| bilious \| bitchy \| breakaway \| bulky \| cankered \| cantankerous \| captious \| churlish \| clashing \| clumsy \| compensating \| competitive \| con \| conflicting \| confronting \| contentious \| contradicting \| contradictory \| contradistinct \| contrapositive \| contrarious \| contrary \| contrasted \| converse \| corrupt \| counter \| counteractant \| counteracting \| counteractive \| counterbalancing \| counterpoised \| countervailing \| counterworking \| crabbed \| crabby \| cranky \| cross \| cross-grained \| crosswise \| crotchety \| crusty \| cumbersome \| cussed \| dead against \| deceptive \| defective \| degenerate \| delusive \| depraved \| deviant \| deviational \| deviative \| difficult \| disaccordant \| disagreeable \| discordant \| discrepant \| dissentient \| dissident \| distorted \| enemy \| errant \| erring \| erroneous \| excitable \| eyeball to eyeball \| fallacious \| false \| faultful \| faulty \| feisty \| flawed \| fractious \| froward \| grouchy \| headstrong \| heretical \| heterodox \| hostile \| huffish \| huffy \| hulking \| hulky \| illogical \| ill-tempered \| illusory \| impractical \| improper \| inconsistent \| inconvenient \| incorrect \| inflexible \| inimical \| intractable \| inverse \| irascible \| irregular \| irritable \| mean \| miscreant \| mulish \| nefarious \| negative \| nonconformist \| noncooperative \| not right \| not true \| obdurate \| obstinate \| obstreperous \| obverse \| off \| off the track \| opponent \| opposed \| opposing \| opposite \| oppositional \| oppositive \| oppugnant \| ornery \| out \| overthwart \| peccant \| peevish \| pertinacious \| perverted \| petulant \| pigheaded \| ponderous \| putrid \| quarrelsome \| reactionary \| recalcitrant \| refractory \| renitent \| repugnant \| resistant \| restive \| reverse \| revolutionary \| rival \| rotten \| self-contradictory \| self-willed \| snappish \| spiteful \| spleeny \| splenetic \| squared off \| stiff-necked \| straying \| stubborn \| stuffy \| sulky \| sullen \| surly \| testy \| touchy \| ugly \| unbending \| uncooperative \| unfactual \| unfair \| unfavorable \| unfriendly \| unhandy \| unhealthy \| unmanageable \| unorthodox \| unpropitious \| unproved \| unreasonable \| untrue \| unwieldy \| unyielding \| villainous \| waspish \| wayward \| wide \| wrong \| wrongheaded See Also \| Perverse In Webster's Dictionary \Per*verse"\, a. [L. perversus turned the wrong way, not right, p. p. of pervertereto turn around, to overturn: cf. F. pervers. See {Pervert}.] 1. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted. The only righteous in a word perverse. --Milton. 2. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary. To so perverse a sex all grace is vain. --Dryden. Syn: Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious. Usage: {Perverse}, {Froward}. One who is froward is capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse has a settled obstinacy of will, and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will of others.

Perverse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perverse?

[adj] marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
[adj] resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
[adj] marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"

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Perverse In Webster's Dictionary

\Per*verse"\, a. [L. perversus turned the wrong way,
not right, p. p. of pervertereto turn around, to overturn:
cf. F. pervers. See {Pervert}.]
1. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the
   right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.

         The only righteous in a word perverse. --Milton.

2. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence,
   wayward; vexing; contrary.

         To so perverse a sex all grace is vain. --Dryden.

Syn: Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable;
     intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious.

Usage: {Perverse}, {Froward}. One who is froward is
       capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse
       has a settled obstinacy of will, and likes or dislikes
       by the rule of contradiction to the will of others.

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