PERVERSE
\pəvˈɜːs], \pəvˈɜːs], \p_ə_v_ˈɜː_s]\
Definitions of PERVERSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
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marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
By Princeton University
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resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
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marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
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Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
By Oddity Software
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Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
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Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
