perverse

Speech parts

1. perverse - Noun

2. perverse - Adjective

3. perverse - Verb

4. perverse - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wayward cross contrary stubborn intractable perverted obstinate reprobate froward depraved kinky praetorian difficult erring evil
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Antonyms

august good consonant correct organic celebrated
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Phrases with the word

polymorphous-perverse perverse sexual inclination

Anagrams

persever preserve

Examples

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. Warren Buffett

Greek pederasty honored the erotic magnetism of male adolescence in a way that today brings police to the door. Children are more conscious and perverse than parents like to think. Camille Paglia

Visionary idealism is a male art form. The lesbian aesthete does not exist. But if there were one, she would have learned from the perverse male mind. Camille Paglia

Only sterility is noble and dignified. Only killing what never was is elevated and perverse and absurd. Fernando Pessoa

I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic. Studs Terkel

Fools and the perverse fill the lawyers' purse. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

perveance pervention perverb perverse sexual inclination perversed perversedly