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per·ver·si·ty

(pər-vûr′sĭ-tē)
n. pl. per·ver·si·ties
1. The quality or state of being perverse.
2. An instance of being perverse.
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perversity

(pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ)
n, pl -ties
1. the quality or state of being perverse
2. a perverse action, comment, etc
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. perversity - deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness - the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
cussedness, orneriness - meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
2. perversity - deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"
evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
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perversity

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perversity

noun
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Translations
إنْحِراف، زَيَغان
zvrhlost
sygelighed
òvermóîska
perversitate
huysuzlukmünasebetsizlik

perversity

[pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ] N (= contrariness) → contrariedad f; (= obstinacy) → terquedad f, contumacia f
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perversity

[pərˈvɜːrsɪti] nperversité f
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perversity

n (= perverted nature)Perversität f, → Widernatürlichkeit f
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perversity

[pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ] n (wickedness) → perversità, malvagità ; (contrariness) → spirito di contraddizione
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perverse

(pəˈvəːs) adjective
1. continuing to do, think etc something which one knows, or which one has been told, is wrong or unreasonable. a perverse child. pervers مُنْحَرِف، شِرّير опърничав perverso zvrácený verstockt genstridig; stædig αντιρρησίας, ανάποδος terco, obstinado jonnakas لجباز uppiniskainen pervers מסולף विकृत, दुष्ट tvrdoglav, zle ćudi önfejű suka menentang þvermóðskufullur ostinato, irragionevole ひねくれた 외고집의 priešgynus, nesukalbamas ietiepīgs suka membantah eigenzinnig trassig, gjenstridig niepokorny, uparty پخپل سر، ګمراه بدخويه، سرغړاندى، كلپ perverso încăpăţânat, îndărătnic несговорчивый, капризный zvrhlý, úchylný izprijen izopačen motsträvig, tvär, egensinnig เสียนิสัย ters, aksi, huysuz 堅持錯誤的,任性的 упертий, незговірливий سرکش، اڑيل ngoan cố 执拗的,任性的
2. deliberately wrong; unreasonable. perverse behaviour. onredelik فاسِد، مُفْسِد للأخْلاق извратен mau zavilý verkehrt sygelig λαθεμένος, παράλογος perverso, malsano paheline گمراه؛ järjetön obstiné מסולף तर्क-विरूद्ध pokvaren, neposlušan természetellenes salah spilltur; ósanngjarn ostinato 強情な 의도적인 잘못된 행동 įnoringas perverss; aplams; nesaprātīgs sikap degil balorig pervers, fordervet przewrotny ګمراه mau pervers упрямый zanovitý sprevržen perverzan motsträvig, trotsig, vrång วิปริต münasebetsiz, aksi 剛愎自用的,乖戾的,故意作對的 хибний, помилковий غير معقول ngang bướng 反常的,背理的,不通情理的
perˈversely adverb
pervers بانْحِراف، بإفْساد извратено perversamente zvrhle verkehrt sygeligt παράλογα, διεστραμμένα perversamente; obstinadamente põikpäiselt عمداً؛ لجوجانه järjettömän par esprit de contradiction בִּמעוַּות विकृतता से, उद्दण्डता से neposlušno, pokvareno ferde/fonák módon; természetellenesen secara salah, menentang þvermóðskulega ostinatamente ひねくれた 뒤틀어지게 įnoringai perversi; aplami berdegil eigenzinnig, balorig perverst przewrotnie سرغړاندى، ګمراهۍ، كلپي perversamente cu încăpăţânare извращённо zvrhlo, úchylne perverzno perverzno motsträvigt, tvärt, egensinnigt อย่างดื้อรั้น münasebetsizce, inatla 倔強地 помилковО سرکشي سے ngang bướng 倔强地
perˈverseness noun
perversiteit فَساد، إنْحِراف извратеност perversidade zvrácenost die Verkehrtheit sygelighed διαστροφή perversidad; obstinación põikpäisus لجاجت؛ گمراهی kieroutuneisuus esprit de contradiction סטייה पतितता, उद्दण्डता pokvarenost romlottság, perverzitás kesalahan þvermóðska ostinazione 片意地 뒤틀어짐 priešgynumas aplamīgums kedegilan eigenzinnigheid, balorigheid fordervethet przewrotność پخپل سر، ګمراه perversidade încăpăţânare; perver­si­tate извращённость zvrhlosť perverznost perverznost motsträvighet, tvärhet, egensinnighet ความวิปริต terslik, aksilik 倔強 помилковість سرکشي، اڑيل پن tính ngang bướng 倔强
perˈversity noun
perversiteit إنْحِراف، زَيَغان извратеност perversidade zvrhlost die Verdorbenheit sygelighed διαστροφή perversidad jonnakus لجبازی uppiniskaisuus esprit de contradiction סילוף तर्कविरूद्धता tvrdoglavost romlottság, perverzitás penyimpangan þvermóðska ostinazione 片意地 괴팍함, 외고집 užgaidumas, įnoringumas perversitāte sikap suka membantah eigenzinnigheid, balorigheid fordervethet; egensindighet przewrotność خپل، سرى، سر كښې perversidade încăpăţânare; perversi­tate извращённость zvrhlosť, zvrátenosť, úchylnosť perverznost perverzija fördärv, ondska, förvändhet, vrånghet ความวิปริต münasebetsizlik, huysuzluk 反常,剛愎 спотворення; збоченість خود سري tính ngoan cố 反常
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It has been my aim to make the character of "Magdalen," which personifies this struggle, a pathetic character even in its perversity and its error; and I have tried hard to attain this result by the least obtrusive and the least artificial of all means -- by a resolute adherence throughout to the truth as it is in Nature.
"While I stood stupefied with horror by this ghastly spectacle and still holding open the door, by some unaccountable perversity my attention was diverted from the shocking scene and concerned itself with trifles and details.
"The matter begins and ends with the boy's own perversity and folly.
Thither he directed his steps,--running sometimes, and sometimes, with a strange perversity, loitering at a snail's pace, or stopping altogether and idly breaking the hedges with a stick.
Furious at his perversity, and especially indignant that he professed to be ignorant of my sex, I retorted in no measured terms, "Besotted Being!
There was a contained, prophetic energy in his utterances, even on the slightest affairs; he SAW the damned thing; if you did not, it must be from perversity of will; and this sent the blood to his head.
So, I suppose, this obstinacy and perversity were pleasanter to them than any advantage....
I could not help it: there was a poison in my veins that made me all ingratitude and perversity. The world welcomed me back, and I returned the compliment by sulking like the recaptured runaway I was at heart.
The time has passed when he was an object of ridicule, and it is no longer a mark of eccentricity to defend or of perversity to extol him.
The best of us have a spice of perversity in us, especially when we are young and in love.
And then the beauty of it - I mean of my perversity, of my refusal to agree to a 'deal' - is just in the total absence of a reason.
She sighed over the perversity of things in general, and croaked a little over her trials in particular, but on the whole got over her loss better than she expected, for soon she had other sorrows beside her own to comfort, and such work does a body more good than floods of regretful tears, or hours of sentimental lamentation.

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