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Synonyms for perverse
pərˈvɜrsper·verse
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
perverse
Perverse (Latin perversus, turned the wrong way) signifies wilfully wrong or erring, unreasonably set against right, reason, or authority. The stubborn or obstinate person will not do what another desires or requires; the perverse person will do anything contrary to what is desired or required of him. The petulant person frets, but may comply; the perverse individual may be smooth or silent, but is wilfully intractable. Wayward refers to a perverse disregard of morality and duty; froward is practically obsolete; untoward is rarely heard except in certain phrases; as, untoward circumstances. Compare OBSTINATE.
Synonyms:
contrary, factious, fractious, froward, intractable, obstinate, petulant, stubborn, ungovernable, untoward, wayward, wilfulAntonyms:
accommodating, amenable, complaisant, compliant, genial, governable, kind, obliging
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
perverse
Synonyms:
froward, untoward, stubborn, fractious, wayward, unmanageable, intractable, crochetyAntonyms:
docile, ductile, amenable, governable, complacent, accommodating, pleasant, obliging
Princeton's WordNet
perverseadjective
marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
"took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"
Synonyms:
depraved, perverted, reprobate, obstinate, contrary, waywardcontrary, obstinate, perverse, waywardadjective
resistant to guidance or discipline
"Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
Synonyms:
depraved, obdurate, unrepentant, obstinate, wayward, perverted, reprobate, stubborn, cussed, unregenerate, contrary, adversedepraved, perverse, perverted, reprobateadjective
deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
"depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
Synonyms:
depraved, misrepresented, obstinate, wayward, perverted, twisted, kinky, contrary, reprobate, distorted
Dictionary of English Synonymes
perverseadjective
perverseadjective
Synonyms:
obstinate, stubborn, wilful, dogged, mulish, untractable, unyielding, headstrong, pertinacious, wayward, CANTANKEROUS, PIG-HEADEDperverseadjective
Synonyms:
cross, petulant, waspish, captious, snappish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, froward, morose, surly, snarling, ill-tempered, ill-natured
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
perverseadjective
Synonyms:
perverted, misdirected, erring, depraved, vitiated, intractable, obstinate, stubborn, contrary, headstrong, indocileAntonyms:
obedient
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3009 | evil | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#6811 | contrary | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#8497 | twisted | |
#13178 | kinky | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#16818 | absurd | |
#19003 | distorted | |
#24054 | stubborn | |
#26814 | warped | |
#28175 | perverted | |
#31554 | perverse | |
#33621 | wayward | |
#39578 | misrepresented | |
#42831 | intractable | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#54978 | depraved | |
#61099 | wilful | |
#64747 | unmanageable | |
#66176 | obstinate | |
#73479 | unrepentant | |
#75067 | cussed | |
#79668 | untoward | |
#103649 | petulant | |
#111963 | fractious | |
#118132 | reprobate | |
#164509 | obdurate | |
#169992 | unregenerate | |
#179979 | ungovernable | |
#220187 | factious | |
#230741 | froward |
How to use perverse in a sentence?
The Rome of Paul’s day was a much different place, nero was in power, probably the worst of the Caesars. He became progressively bloodthirsty and took perverse pleasure in torturing and murdering followers of Jesus Christ.
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.
It's really perverse. It's a filthy word in this context, everything he says is disgusting and he intends it to be disgusting.
In what some might call a perverse way, I think the fact that Donald J. Trump has become the global face of climate denial is actually encouraging a lot more people to join the cause of helping bring about the solutions more rapidly.
It was not an easy decision on their part and they had to think long and hard about it, and I think some of them still feel ambivalent about participating… One of the results of… ‘In Cold Blood' is that we have a lot of sympathy for the killers, because of how Truman Capote told that story… not excusing them for what they did, but seeing them as three-dimensional human beings. ..[and] all of these films kind of celebrate the killers in a perverse way…. the family felt very violated by the experience. They felt violated by ‘In Cold Blood.’.
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