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Perverse

Perverse (perverse)
a.(?)
Per*verse"
[L. perversus turned the wrong way, not right, p. p. of pervertereto turn around, to overturn: cf. F. pervers. See Pervert.]
  1. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.

    The only righteous in a word perverse. Milton.

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

    To so perverse a sex all grace is vain. Dryden.

    Syn. -- Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious. -- Perverse, Froward. One who is froward is capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse has a settled obstinacy of will, and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will of others.














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