English Explanatory Dictionary

perverse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
  2. Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
  3. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
  4. Wayward; vexing; contrary.
  5. Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
noun
  1. A chiral opposite of something; a mirror image with opposite handedness.
verb
  1. To pervert.

Pronunciation

/pɚˈvɝs/ /pəˈvɜːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-perverse.wav

Word forms

perverse more perverse perverser most perverse perversest perverses perversing perversed

Etymology

From Middle English perverse, pervers, from Old French pervers, from Latin perversum (“thoroughly turned”), past participle of pervertere, from per- (“thoroughly”) + vertere (“to turn”).

Synonyms

contrary cross froward intractable petulant stubborn ungovernable untoward vexatious vexing wayward

Antonyms

innocent tractable amenable

Related words

bite off one's nose to spite one's face

Derived words

perverb perverse incentive perversely perverseness perversity perversive polymorphous-perverse polymorph-perverse unperverse tendril perversion

Translations

Bulgarian: извратен Bulgarian: перверзен Bulgarian: опърничав Bulgarian: вироглав Crimean Tatar: akis Czech: perverzní Danish: pervers Esperanto: perversa Finnish: perverssi Finnish: kieroutunut Finnish: uppiniskainen Finnish: jääräpäinen French: pervers German: pervers German: abartig German: widernatürlich Haitian Creole: pèvès Hungarian: perverz Japanese: 天邪鬼 Japanese: 意地悪 Japanese: 旋毛曲がり Macedonian: изо́пачен Macedonian: на́стран Macedonian: пе́рверзен Macedonian: твр́доглав Macedonian: проти́вречен Old English: afulīċ Old English: ġedwolen Persian: بلاده Romanian: pervers Russian: извращённый Russian: противоречащий Serbo-Croatian: perverzan Spanish: perverso Spanish: protervo Turkish: sapık Ottoman Turkish: آزغین Ottoman Turkish: اكری Māori: korokē Māori: hōkeke Māori: kōrori
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