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perverse
adjective as in mean, ornery; troublesome
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- abnormal
- bad-tempered
- cantankerous
- capricious
- contrary
- contumacious
- corrupt
- crabby
- cross
- degenerate
- delinquent
- depraved
- deviant
- disobedient
- dogged
- erring
- fractious
- hard-nosed
- headstrong
- intractable
- intransigent
- irritable
- miscreant
- mulish
- nefarious
- obdurate
- obstinate
- petulant
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- refractory
- rotten
- self-willed
- spiteful
- stubborn
- unhealthy
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unyielding
- villainous
- wayward
- willful
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Example Sentences
Beck takes the prize for Most Perverse Offering by an Artist in 2012.
His reason prompted him to listen, but the Imp of the Perverse laughed reason to scorn.
As it is, you will easily perceive that I am one of the many uncounted victims of the Imp of the Perverse.
Examine these similar actions as we will, we shall find them resulting solely from the spirit of the Perverse.
Perverse cruelty on the part of the government came to their attention with distressing frequency.
Perverse fashion kept them in London even in April and May for "the season," just when in the country nature was most alluring.
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On this page you'll find 132 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to perverse, such as: contradictory, wicked, abnormal, bad-tempered, cantankerous, and capricious.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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