All perverse synonyms
perΒ·verse
P p adj perverse
- hard as nails β tough, durable
- contentious β A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
- malefic β productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- in-compliant β not compliant; unyielding.
- down in the dumps β If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
- ill-natured β having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- die hard β If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- chuffy β boorish and surly
- hard β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- corrupt β Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- crabby β Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- bull-headed β blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
- anti β You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- fretful β disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
- deaf β Someone who is deaf is unable to hear anything or is unable to hear very well.
- doomful β foreshadowing doom; portentously direful; ominous.
- ill-starred β doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- bearish β On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- cranky β If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
- contrarious β (of people or animals) perverse or obstinate
- hardheaded β not easily moved or deceived; practical; shrewd.
- ill-disposed β unfriendly, unsympathetic, or having a negative attitude, as toward another person or an idea.
- contrary β Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- disobedient β neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory.
- cross-grained β (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- locked in β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- cantankerous β Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- curmudgeonly β If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- hardcore β unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- difficult β not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- deviant β Deviant behaviour or thinking is different from what people normally consider to be acceptable.
- intractable β not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- fractious β refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
adjective perverse
- obdurate β unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- illogical β not logical; contrary to or disregardful of the rules of logic; unreasoning: an illogical reply.
- insubmissive β Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient.
- wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- disputatious β fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- disputative β Tending to dispute.
- wanton β done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- mumpish β Sullen or sulky.
- fluffed β Simple past tense and past participle of fluff.
- wrecker β a person or thing that wrecks.
- morbid β suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- wrongheaded β wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- negativistic β a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- cussed β obstinate
- nonobservant β Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
- misfortunate β Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.