perverse
Meaning of perverse
adjective
- showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.
Kate's perverse decision not to cooperate held good
- contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice.
in two general elections the outcome was quite perverse
- sexually perverted.
an evil life dedicated to perverse pleasure
films depicting behaviour which seemed perverse or deviant were seen as more suitable for private therapy than for public consumption
late Middle English (in the sense ‘turned away from what is right or good’): from Old French pervers(e ), from Latin perversus ‘turned about’, from the verb pervertere (see pervert).
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Hyphenation of perverse
per-verse
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- perverse is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
perverse synonyms
Meaning contrary:
Meaning depraved:
depraved, immoral, perverted, reprobate
Meaning deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative:
Meaning (of a person) not easy to please or satisfy; awkward:
Meaning not guided by or based on good sense:
Meaning unwilling to help others or do what they ask:
Meaning not helpful:
Meaning causing or tending to cause deliberate difficulties and delays:
Meaning deliberately unhelpful; uncooperative:
Meaning not fitting in with the wishes or demands of others; unhelpful:
Meaning causing difficulty or annoyance:
Meaning causing one to feel bored or annoyed:
Meaning causing irritation or annoyance:
Meaning causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry:
Meaning noisy and difficult to control:
Meaning refusing to obey rules or someone in authority:
Meaning difficult or impossible to manage, manipulate, or control:
Meaning not controllable:
Meaning having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline:
Meaning stubborn or unmanageable:
Meaning showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention:
Meaning having or showing a stubborn and determined intention to do as one wants, regardless of the consequences:
Meaning energetically wilful and determined:
Meaning given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour:
Meaning having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so:
Meaning stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action:
Meaning holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action:
Meaning resembling or likened to a mule in being stubborn:
Meaning (of a person) difficult or stubborn:
Meaning unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something:
Meaning unwilling to change or compromise:
Meaning twisted; crooked:
Meaning awkward; annoying:
Meaning (of a person or attitude) deliberately combative or uncooperative:
Meaning bad-tempered and argumentative:
Meaning awkward; uncooperative:
Meaning (of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary:
Meaning (especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority:
Meaning lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning:
Meaning not logical or reasonable:
Meaning mutually opposed or inconsistent:
Meaning not correct or true; incorrect:
Meaning not in accordance with fact; wrong:
Meaning not even or balanced in shape or arrangement:
Meaning not suitable or proper in the circumstances:
Meaning contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox:
Meaning contrary to the ordinary course of nature; abnormal:
Meaning deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying:
Meaning departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour:
Meaning having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline:
Meaning bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp:
Meaning forced out of its natural or proper shape; crumpled:
Meaning having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain:
Meaning evil or morally wrong:
Meaning the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported:
Meaning profoundly immoral and wicked:
Meaning involving or given to unusual sexual behaviour:
Meaning affected by physical or mental illness:
Meaning a mentally ill or perverted person, especially one who is sadistic:
perverse antonyms
Meaning willing to fit in with someone's wishes or needs:
Meaning involving mutual assistance in working towards a common goal:
Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:
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Anagrams of perverse
Words that rhyme with perverse
Erse, erse, accerse, Herse, herse, alerse, Merse, demerse, emerse, immerse, merse, reimmerse, submerse, Barosperse, Perse, asperse, consperse, disperse, heterodisperse, insperse, intersperse, misasperse, monodisperse, multidisperse, paucidisperse, perse, polydisperse, predisperse, redisperse, sperse, Materse, absterse, noterse, terse, unterse, Converse, adverse, anniverse, averse, beverse, bouleverse, controverse, converse, costotransverse, countertraverse, diverse, everse, frontotransverse, ileotransverse, imperverse
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