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perverseness Definition


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perverse
adj perverser, perversest
    1. Deliberately departing from what is normal and reasonable.
      Thesaurus: abnormal, deviant, miscreant, delinquent, depraved, perverted, wicked, unhealthy.
    2. Unreasonable; awkward; stubborn or wilful.
      Thesaurus: contrary, contradictory, balky, spiteful, wrong-headed, obstinate, stubborn, mulish, unreasonable, unyielding, willful; Antonym: accommodating, flexible.
Derivative: perversely
adverb
    Derivative: perverseness
    noun
      Derivative: perversity
      noun
        The state or quality of being perverse.
      Etymology: 14c: from Latin perversus, from pervertere; see pervert.



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