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perverse Adjective 1. deliberately acting in a way different from what is regarded as normal or proper 2. wayward or contrary; obstinate [Latin perversus turned the wrong way] perversely adv
perversity n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
perverse adjective 1. stubborn, contrary, unreasonable, dogged, contradictory, troublesome, rebellious, wayward, delinquent, intractable, wilful, unyielding, obstinate, intransigent, headstrong, unmanageable, cussed (informal) obdurate, stiff-necked, disobedient, wrong-headed, refractory, pig-headed, miscreant, mulish, cross-grained, contumacious << OPPOSITE cooperative adjective 2. ill-natured, cross, surly, petulant, crabbed, fractious, spiteful, churlish, ill-tempered, stroppy Brit. (slang) cantankerous, peevish, shrewish << OPPOSITE good-natured |
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The driver, seeing him thus stop, laid his whip lustily about his shoulders and said, "O you perverse dull-head Frederica must be as much as sixteen, and ought to know better; but from what her mother insinuates, I am afraid she is a perverse girl. You were always perverse, Julian, as a child, in your likings and dislikings," Lady Janet rejoined. |
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