'Perverse' definitions:
Definition of 'perverse'
From: WordNet
adjective
Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"
adjective
Resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward]
adjective
Definition of 'Perverse'
From: GCIDE
- Perverse \Per*verse"\ (p[~e]r*v[~e]rs"), a. [L. perversus turned the wrong way, not right, p. p. 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]
Synonyms of 'perverse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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