synonym for perverse
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perverse 3. perverse-deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; depraved criminals; a perverted sense of loyalty; the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat. depraved, reprobate, perverted.
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- syn: willful, headstrong, perverse, wayward refer to a person who stubbornly persists in doing as he or she pleases.willful implies opposition to those whose wishes, suggestions, or commands ought to be respected or obeyed: a willful son who ignored his parents' advice.headstrong is used in a similar way, but implies foolish and sometimes reckless behavior: headstrong teens who could not be restrained.he reader will perhaps recollect the abrupt and willful manner in which Mr. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context. That's the fun of it, began Laurie, who had got a willful fit on him and was possessed to break out of bounds in some way.
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- show. 1  as in out of the ordinary. 2  as in different. 3  as in extraordinary.  as in odd/ 1 oddball. as in quirky.  as in 1  rare. as in special.  as in 1  striking. as in unaccustomed.  as in 1  uncommon. as in unconventional.  as 1  in unlikely. as 2  in unusual. as in off the 3  beaten path. as  in standout. as 1  in unordinary.  as in unwonted.
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- Synonyms-adjectives. 1  predicting. 2  fatidical. 3  harupsical. 4  portentous. 5  auspicial. 6  extispicious. 7  bit with the fate of. 8  predictive. 9  vaticinal. 10  Sibylline. 11  augurous. 12  auspicious. 13  premonitory. 14  prophetic. 15  oracular. 16  weatherwise. 17  agurial. 18  prescious. 19  significant of. 20  fatidic. 21  fatiloquent. 22  ominous. 23  agural. 24  monitory. 25  pregnant with.
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- 1 being out of the ordinary the marine is being cited for extraordinary courage Synonyms aberrant, aberrated, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, especial, exceeding, extraordinaire, exceptional, freak, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, preternatural, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwontedRelated Words conspicuous, notable, noticeable ...
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- 1 per-comes from Latin, is attached to roots and means through, thoroughly, completely, very'':per- + -vert → pervert (= a person completely turned away from the normal); per- + -fect → perfect (= thoroughly or completely done).
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- verb. create, invent. 1  brainstorm. 2  compose. 3  conceive. 4  contrive. 5  counterfeit. 6  dream up. 7  fabricate. 8  forge. 9  formulate. 10  frame. 11  head trip. 12  make up. 13  make up off the top of one's head. 14  manufacture. 15  mint. 16  mold. 17  originate. 18  spark. 19  spitball. 20  stamp. 21  strike. 22  think up. 23  trump up.
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- 1. Synonyms beggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, dirt-poor, down-and-out, famished, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needful, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken, skint [ chiefly British ] , threadbare.. Synonyms beggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, dirt-poor, down-and-out, famished, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needful, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken, skint [ chiefly British ] , threadbare.
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- Antonyms for pay homage. 1  protest. 2  disparage. 3  disregard. 4  blame. 5  denounce. 6  dishonor. 7  censure. 8  disapprove. 9  conceal. 10  hide. 11  damn. 12  belittle. 13  castigate. 14  condemn. 15  insult. 16  degrade. 17  demote. 18  disgrace. 19  humiliate. 20  shame. 21  decrease. 22  prevent. 23  refuse. 24  veto. 25  disallow. 26  accuse. 27  reproach. 28  criticize. 29  oppose. 30  neglect. 31  overlook. 32  depress. 33  lower. 34  debase. 35  discourage.
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perverse (pər-vûrs′, pûr′vûrs′) adj. 1. Contrary to what is right or good; wicked or depraved: a perverse world of sinners. 2. a. Characterized by or resulting from willful opposition or resistance to what is right, expected, or reasonable: Geneticists have the perverse habit of naming genes by what goes wrong when they mutate (Richard Dawkins).
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- verb. decide, deduce. 1  add up to. 2  adjudge. 3  analyze. 4  assume. 5  be afraid. 6  boil down to. 7  collect. 8  derive. 9  draw. 10  figure. 11  gather. 12  have a hunch. 13  infer. 14  intuit. 15  judge. 16  make. 17  make out. 18  presume. 19  ratiocinate. 20  reason. 21  reckon. 22  sum up. 23  suppose. 24  surmise. 25  the way one sees it.
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misleading tending or having power to deceive the misleading text of the advertisement would like you to believe that you're getting something for nothing Synonyms beguiling, deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, fallacious, false, deceptive, speciousRelated Words artful, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, guileful, shady, shifty, slick, sly, ...
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- given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things a caviling theater critic who has yet to see a play she likes Synonyms of caviling captious, carping, critical (or cavilling), faultfinding, hypercritical, judgmental, overcritical, rejective Words Related to caviling discerning, discriminating, judicious; demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, nitpicky, particular, picky; pettifogging, quibbling; harsh, merciless, uncharitable, unforgiving Near Antonyms of ...
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- Synonyms. adj antagonistic; opposite. 1  inimical star. 2  conflicting star. 3  antithetical star. 4  hostile star. 5  negative star. 6  adverse star. 7  contradictory star. 8  inconsistent star.
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- Cruel synonyms. Top cruel synonyms (other words for cruel) are atrocious, brutal and severe.
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- 2 to make angry the clerk's brusque refusal of her request roiled her enough to prompt a complaint to his supervisor Synonyms of roil enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage, rankle, rile, anger, steam up, tick off Words Related to roil affront, aggravate, annoy, burn (up), cross, exasperate, get, huff, irritate, miff, nettle, offend, peeve, pique, provoke, put out, ruffle, vex; antagonize, embitter, envenom Near Antonyms of roil allay, assuage, relieve ...
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- Synonyms for Adulterer: adulterer (noun) fornicator. Other synonyms: affair, Casanova, cheat, deceive, faithful, gallant, goat, jade,
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- verb. decay, deteriorate. 1  backslide. 2  come apart at seams. 3  corrode. 4  corrupt. 5  decline. 6  decrease. 7  deprave. 8  descend. 9  die on vine. 10  disimprove. 11  disintegrate. 12  fall off. 13  go downhill. 14  go to pieces. 15  go to the dogs. 16  lapse. 17  lessen. 18  regress. 19  retrogress. 20  return. 21  revert. 22  rot. 23  sink. 24  slip. 25  vitiate. 26  worsen.
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- adj. nasty in behavior, speech. 1  acerbic. 2  acid. 3  angry. 4  astringent. 5  belligerent. 6  biting. 7  bitter. 8  caustic. 9  censorious. 10  churlish. 11  crabby. 12  cranky. 13  cross. 14  cutting. 15  indignant. 16  irascible. 17  irate. 18  ireful. 19  mad. 20  mordant. 21  peevish. 22  petulant. 23  rancorous. 24  sarcastic. 25  sharp. 26  spiteful. 27  splenetic. 28  tart. 29  testy. 30  trenchant. 31  wrathful.
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- Nearby words of 'persnickety'. 1  persistently. 2  persistingly. 3  persistive. 4  persnickety. 5  person. - 6 person. 7  person of colour. 8  All ENGLISH words that begin with 'P'.
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- Per. through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words. see more on Definitions.net ».
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- verb. disturb, trouble someone. 1  alarm. 2  argue. 3  arouse. 4  bug. 5  bug up. 6  burn up. 7  confuse. 8  craze. 9  debate. 10  discompose. 11  disconcert. 12  discuss. 13  dispute. 14  disquiet. 15  distract. 16  disturb. 17  egg on. 18  examine. 19  excite. 20  ferment. 21  flurry. 22  fluster. 23  get to. 24  incite. 25  inflame. 26  make flip. 27  move. 28  perturb. 29  psych. 30  push buttons. 31  rouse. 32  ruffle. 33  spook. 34  stimulate. 35  stir. 36  trouble. 37  turn on.
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effulgent giving off or reflecting much light the stars always seem more effulgent when viewed in the country, far away from the distracting lights of the city Synonyms beaming, bedazzling, brilliant, candescent, clear, dazzling, bright, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, shiny, ...
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- adj. deviating from normal, usual. 1  aberrant. 2  abnormal. 3  atypical. 4  bizarre. 5  divergent. 6  eccentric. 7  exceptional. 8  foreign. 9  heteroclite. 10  incongruous. 11  inconsistent. 12  irregular. 13  odd. 14  peculiar. 15  preternatural. 16  prodigious. 17  rare. 18  strange. 19  unnatural. 20  unorthodox. 21  unrepresentative. 22  untypical. 23  unusual.
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- unwilling to spend. 1  hardfisted, 2  ungenerous, 3  cheap, 4  niggardly, 5  closefisted, 6  meanspirited, 7  close, 8  generousness, 9  mingy, 10  selfish, 11  tight, 12  scrimy, 13  beggarly, 14  miserly, 15  penny-pinching, 16  tightfisted, 17  cheeseparing, 18  chinchy, 19  uncharitable, 20  parsimonious, 21  chintzy, 22  penurious, 23  grudging, 24  generosity, 25  near, 26  skinny, 27  mean. 28  charitable, 29  generous, 30  stinginess, 31  unselfish.nwilling to spend. 1  hardfisted, 2  ungenerous, 3  cheap, 4  niggardly, 5  closefisted, 6  meanspirited, 7  close, 8  generousness, 9  mingy, 10  selfish, 11  tight, 12  scrimy, 13  beggarly, 14  miserly, 15  penny-pinching, 16  tightfisted, 17  cheeseparing, 18  chinchy, 19  uncharitable, 20  parsimonious, 21  chintzy, 22  penurious, 23  grudging, 24  generosity, 25  near, 26  skinny, 27  mean. 28  charitable, 29  generous, 30  stinginess, 31  unselfish.
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- Synonyms. 1  obey. 2  follow. 3  respect. agree 4  to. satisfy. 5  observe. fulfil. 6  submit to. conform  to. 1  adhere to. 2  abide by. 3  consent to.  yield 1  to. defer 2  to. accede to. act in accordance  with. perform. acquiesce with.