Synonyms for perverse
pərˈvɜrs

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1. perverse(adj)

   marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict

   "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"

   Synonyms:
   depraved, perverted, reprobate, obstinate, contrary, wayward

   Antonyms:
   neutral, obedient, positive, incorrupt

2. contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward(adj)

   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, adverse

   Antonyms:
   positive, incorrupt, obedient, neutral

3. depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate(adj)

   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

   Antonyms:
   positive, obedient, neutral, incorrupt

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. 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, wilful

   Antonyms:
   accommodating, amenable, complaisant, compliant, genial, governable, kind, obliging

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. perverse

   Synonyms:
   froward, untoward, stubborn, fractious, wayward, unmanageable, intractable, crochety

   Antonyms:
   docile, ductile, amenable, governable, complacent, accommodating, pleasant, obliging

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. perverse(a.)

   Synonyms:
   distorted (from the right), bad

2. perverse(a.)

   Synonyms:
   obstinate, stubborn, wilful, dogged, mulish, untractable, unyielding, headstrong, pertinacious, wayward, CANTANKEROUS, PIG-HEADED

3. perverse(a.)

   Synonyms:
   cross, petulant, waspish, captious, snappish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, froward, morose, surly, snarling, ill-tempered, ill-natured

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1. perverse(a)

   Synonyms:
   perverted, misdirected, erring, depraved, vitiated, intractable, obstinate, stubborn, contrary, headstrong, indocile

   Antonyms:
   obedient

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1. List of paraphrases:

   perverted, pernicious, warped, absurd, evil, wicked, kinky, vicious, adverse, distorted

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