Lexic.us

Definition of Perverse

1. Adjective. Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict. "Took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"

2. Adjective. Resistant to guidance or discipline. "Wayward behavior"

3. Adjective. Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good. "The reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

Definition of Perverse

1. a. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.

Definition of Perverse

1. willfully deviating from desired or expected conduct [adj]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perverse

pervading pervaporate pervaporation pervaporation pervasion pervasions pervasive pervasively pervasiveness pervasivenesses

pervasive developmental disorder pervasive development disorder perve perved pervenous pacemaker perverse (current term) perversely perverseness perversenesses perverser

perversion perversion perversions perversities perversity perversive pervert pervert perverted perverted

Literary usage of Perverse

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1. The Works of John Locke, in Nine Volumes by John Locke (1824)
"You tell us, " such as are not madmen or idiots, or desperately " perverse and obstinate." Very well, but who are those desperately perverse and obstinate, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of New Trials in Cases Civil and Criminal by David Graham, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1855)
"Rendering a perverse verdict. was brought up to receive his sentence, ... Rendering a perverse verdict. When a jury render a perverse verdict, ..."

3. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1903)
"which psychologists may be able to explain, that a large number of people di dain to answer by rule, and seem to be actuated by the same perverse spirit th ..."

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