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noun
The quality of being perverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something which is perverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
deliberately deviating from what is good
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: perverseness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evil, evilness
noun
deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness
Narrower terms: cussedness, orneriness
History
From perverse + -ity, from Middle French perversité, from Latin perversitās.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
