perverse.

That thwarts or obstructs; obstructive; cross, contrary, perverse, self-willed. Now dialect.

Froward.

figurative. Of persons or their attributes: Disposed to resist, oppose, or obstruct; cross-grained; perverse, froward, obstinate, stubborn, awkward.

Wilful, perverse.

Full of opposition; characterized by self-willed or refractory opposition; perverse.

Disposed to go counter to what is demanded or what is reasonable; perverse, difficult to deal with, hard to please; refractory, ungovernable; †also…

Perverse, self-willed. rare.

Of a person: perverse, self-willed; (of a wind) contrary, unfavourable.

figurative. Contentious, contrary; perverse, amiss; argumentative; hostile, unfriendly.

Wayward, stubborn; impudent; petulant.

Disposed to go against the wishes or advice of others or what is proper or reasonable; intractable; self-willed; perverse; (of a child) disobedient…

Contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; back-to-front, muddled, perverse.

Peevish, crabbed; perverse, contrarious.

= 2.

Of persons (or their dispositions): originally. Of disagreeably froward or wayward disposition, cross-grained, ill-conditioned, perverse…

Not straightforward; perverse.

Angry, wroth; perverse.

Untoward, perverse.

Of a person, action, etc.: going or disposed to go against what is reasonable, logical, expected, or required; contrary, fickle, irrational.

Untoward, froward, perverse, in nature or disposition.

Perverse; wicked.

figurative. The reverse of ‘straight’ in figurative senses (esp. with reference to moral character and conduct); deviating from rectitude or…

Perverse, froward.

Froward, untoward, perverse, in conduct. (Passing into ‘cross-grained, cantankerous, disagreeable in behaviour,’ and so into B. 7b.) Obsolete.

Of a person: hard to persuade, please, or satisfy; unaccommodating, unreasonable; awkward. Cf. difficult, adj. 2.

Perverse, refractory; headstrong, obstinate; capricious, skittish; (also) coy. Obsolete.

= proterve, adj.

Froward, perverse, ill-disposed.

Of a person or a person's character. Hard to please or satisfy; not easy to deal with or get on with; awkward, unaccommodating; demanding; fussy. Cf…

Of persons, their dispositions, actions, etc.. Given to opposition; inclined to quarrel or disagree; perverse, froward, contrarious. Obsolete or ar…

Crooked, twisted, bent from the straight. Hence modern dialect. Perverse, obstinate, ‘cross’.

? Unfavourably disposed, froward.

Rather awkward. (colloquial.)

Perverse, contrary; unfriendly. Obsolete.

Having a head like that of a pig. Chiefly figurative: stupidly obstinate, perverse, or set in one's ways.

figurative. Of opposed nature or temper; given to opposition, contrarious; difficult to deal with, intractable; perverse, refractory…

Of persons: Perverse, cross. Obsolete. rare.

Given to crossing or thwarting.

Conflicting, opposing, obstructing; perverse; frustrating, baffling; adverse, untoward.

Crooked, awkward, perverse, contrary.

= wrong-headed, adj.

Of or relating to pigs; characteristic of or resembling a pig; (figurative) stubborn, boorish, greedy, dirty, etc.

(a) adj. contrary, perverse; (b) adv. fiercely, violently.

perverse, obstinate, wrong-headed.

Of antagonistic or untoward disposition, perverse, obstinately self-willed; contrarious. (Commonly pronounced conˈtrāry.) colloquial and dialect.

Obstinate or stubborn, esp. to the point of causing annoyance or frustration; cantankerous, contrary. Cf. cursed, adj. 4a.

figurative. Awkward, cross-grained, peevish; cf. angular, adj. 6 (Also quasi-adv.)

Perverse, contrary.

Chiefly British. Perverse, contrary; cantankerous; stubbornly intransigent or obstructive. Cf. bloody, adj. 8b.