Definition of perverse

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Perverse (a.) Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary..

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Cross :: Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.
Naughty :: Naughty (superl.) Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child..
Perverse :: Perverse (a.) Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted..
Overthwartly :: Overthwartly (adv.) In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely..
Untowardly :: Untowardly (a.) Perverse; froward; untoward.
Wayward :: Wayward (a.) Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.
Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister..
Wrongheaded :: Wrongheaded (a.) Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
Awk :: Awk (adv.) Perversely; in the wrong way.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy..
Stood :: Stony (superl.) Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze..
Awkward :: Awkward (a.) Perverse; adverse; untoward.
Perverse :: Perverse (a.) Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary..
Perversity :: Perversity (n.) The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.
Perversely :: Perversely (adv.) In a perverse manner.
Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
Stomachic :: Stomachful (a.) Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
Sinistrous :: Sinistrous (a.) Wrong; absurd; perverse.
Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely..
Froward :: Froward (a.) Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child..
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