Perverse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Directed away from what is right or good; perverted.
  • adj. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn.
  • adj. Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict.
  • adj. Arising from such a disposition.
  • adj. Cranky; peevish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
  • adj. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
  • adj. Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
  • adj. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Turned away or deviating from what is right, proper, correct, etc.; perverted.
  • Obstinate in the wrong; disposed to be contrary; stubborn; untractable; self-willed.
  • Cross; petulant; peevish; disposed to cross and vex.
  • Untoward: as, ‘event perverse!”
  • n. A geometrical form related to another (of which it is said t. be the perverse) as the form of the image of an object in a plane mirror is to that of the object itself.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
  • adj. resistant to guidance or discipline
  • adj. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
  • Equivalent
    negative    disobedient    corrupt   
    Cross Reference
    wicked    perverted   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    petulant    ungovernable    untoward    froward    wayward    stubborn    intractable    vexatious    cross    wicked   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Perse    adverse    averse    biodiverse    burse    coerce    converse    curse    disburse    disperse   
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