perverse
Example Sentences
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You could liken it to Poe's "Imp of the Perverse," doing something for the very reason you know you should not.
From Salon • May 6, 2023
Perverse invention and rational coherence lock into each other at weird, compelling angles in his work.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2019
A version of this op-ed appears in print on January 24, 2014, on page A27 of the with the headline: Perverse Primaries.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2014
Then there’s Polly Perverse Strikes Again!, a shot-on-video first effort that’s perhaps of interest mainly to Sallitt completists, but which sets its sights charmingly high.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2013
Perverse men, insisting that it still existed, and weak men, mistaking the shadow of former power for the reality, have made arrogant claims in its behalf.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing perverse
Romeo and Juliet
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The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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