perverse 音标拼音: [pɚv'ɚs]
a . 乖张的,倔强的,错误的,堕落的,刚愎的,反常的
乖张的,倔强的,错误的,堕落的,刚愎的,反常的
perverse adj 1 :
marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict ; "
took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans "
2 :
resistant to guidance or discipline ; "
Mary Mary quite contrary "; "
an obstinate child with a violent temper "; "
a perverse mood "; "
wayward behavior " [
synonym : {
contrary },
{
obstinate }, {
perverse }, {
wayward }]
3 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
depraved }, {
perverse }, {
perverted }, {
reprobate }]
Perverse \
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a . [
L .
perversus turned the wrong way ,
not right ,
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of pervertereto turn around ,
to overturn :
cf .
F .
pervers .
See {
Pervert }.]
1 .
Turned aside ;
hence ,
specifically ,
turned away from the right ;
willfully erring ;
wicked ;
perverted .
[
1913 Webster ]
The only righteous in a world perverse . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Obstinate in the wrong ;
stubborn ;
intractable ;
hence ,
wayward ;
vexing ;
contrary .
[
1913 Webster ]
To so perverse a sex all grace is vain . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Froward ;
untoward ;
wayward ;
stubborn ;
ungovernable ;
intractable ;
cross ;
petulant ;
vexatious .
Usage : {
Perverse }, {
Froward }.
One who is froward is capricious ,
and reluctant to obey .
One who is perverse has a settled obstinacy of will ,
and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will of others .
[
1913 Webster ]
211 Moby Thesaurus words for "
perverse ":
aberrant ,
abroad ,
adamant ,
adrift ,
adversary ,
adversative ,
adverse ,
adversive ,
alien ,
all abroad ,
all off ,
all wrong ,
amiss ,
antagonistic ,
anti ,
antipathetic ,
antithetic ,
antonymous ,
askew ,
astray ,
at cross -
purposes ,
at fault ,
awkward ,
awry ,
bad -
tempered ,
balancing ,
balky ,
bearish ,
beside the mark ,
bilious ,
bitchy ,
breakaway ,
bulky ,
cankered ,
cantankerous ,
captious ,
churlish ,
clashing ,
clumsy ,
compensating ,
competitive ,
con ,
conflicting ,
confronting ,
contentious ,
contradicting ,
contradictory ,
contradistinct ,
contrapositive ,
contrarious ,
contrary ,
contrasted ,
converse ,
corrupt ,
counter ,
counteractant ,
counteracting ,
counteractive ,
counterbalancing ,
counterpoised ,
countervailing ,
counterworking ,
crabbed ,
crabby ,
cranky ,
cross ,
cross -
grained ,
crosswise ,
crotchety ,
crusty ,
cumbersome ,
cussed ,
dead against ,
deceptive ,
defective ,
degenerate ,
delusive ,
depraved ,
deviant ,
deviational ,
deviative ,
difficult ,
disaccordant ,
disagreeable ,
discordant ,
discrepant ,
dissentient ,
dissident ,
distorted ,
enemy ,
errant ,
erring ,
erroneous ,
excitable ,
eyeball to eyeball ,
fallacious ,
false ,
faultful ,
faulty ,
feisty ,
flawed ,
fractious ,
froward ,
grouchy ,
headstrong ,
heretical ,
heterodox ,
hostile ,
huffish ,
huffy ,
hulking ,
hulky ,
ill -
tempered ,
illogical ,
illusory ,
impractical ,
improper ,
inconsistent ,
inconvenient ,
incorrect ,
inflexible ,
inimical ,
intractable ,
inverse ,
irascible ,
irregular ,
irritable ,
mean ,
miscreant ,
mulish ,
nefarious ,
negative ,
nonconformist ,
noncooperative ,
not right ,
not true ,
obdurate ,
obstinate ,
obstreperous ,
obverse ,
off ,
off the track ,
opponent ,
opposed ,
opposing ,
opposite ,
oppositional ,
oppositive ,
oppugnant ,
ornery ,
out ,
overthwart ,
peccant ,
peevish ,
pertinacious ,
perverted ,
petulant ,
pigheaded ,
ponderous ,
putrid ,
quarrelsome ,
reactionary ,
recalcitrant ,
refractory ,
renitent ,
repugnant ,
resistant ,
restive ,
reverse ,
revolutionary ,
rival ,
rotten ,
self -
contradictory ,
self -
willed ,
snappish ,
spiteful ,
spleeny ,
splenetic ,
squared off ,
stiff -
necked ,
straying ,
stubborn ,
stuffy ,
sulky ,
sullen ,
surly ,
testy ,
touchy ,
ugly ,
unbending ,
uncooperative ,
unfactual ,
unfair ,
unfavorable ,
unfriendly ,
unhandy ,
unhealthy ,
unmanageable ,
unorthodox ,
unpropitious ,
unproved ,
unreasonable ,
untrue ,
unwieldy ,
unyielding ,
villainous ,
waspish ,
wayward ,
wide ,
wrong ,
wrongheaded
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