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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024per•verse /pɚˈvɜrs/USA pronunciation adj. - willfully determined not to do what is expected or desired; contrary:a perverse desire to argue for the opposite of whatever everyone else accepts.
per•verse•ly, adv.: Now, perversely, he's opposed to the amendment, although earlier he supported it. per•verse•ness, n. [uncountable] per•ver•si•ty /pɚˈvɜrsɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -vert-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•verse (pər vûrs′),USA pronunciation adj. - willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired;
contrary. - characterized by or proceeding from such a determination or disposition:a perverse mood.
- wayward or cantankerous.
- persistent or obstinate in what is wrong.
- turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, or proper;
wicked or corrupt.
- Latin perversus facing the wrong way, askew, origin, originally past participle of pervertere. See pervert
- Middle English 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged contumacious, disobedient.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stubborn, headstrong. See willful.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged evil, bad, sinful.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged agreeable.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tractable.
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