Synonyms of the word perverse


PERVERSECONTRARY - CORRUPT - DEPRAVED - DISOBEDIENT - IMMORAL - NEGATIVE - OBSTINATE - PERVERTED - REPROBATE - WAYWARD

perverse

  • adj. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
  • adj. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
  • adj. (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.

contrary

  • adj. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
  • adj. Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
  • adj. Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
  • adv. Contrarily.
  • n. The opposite.
  • n. One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.
  • v. (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
  • v. (obsolete) To impugn.
  • v. (obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
  • v. (obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone or something).
  • v. (obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
  • v. (obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
  • v. (obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

corrupt

  • adj. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
  • adj. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
  • adj. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
  • v. (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave;…
  • v. (intransitive) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
  • v. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.
  • v. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

depraved

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of deprave.
  • adj. Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
  • adj. (archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.

disobedient

  • adj. Not obedient.

immoral

  • adj. Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.

negative

  • adj. not positive or neutral.
  • adj. (physics) of electrical charge of an electron and related particles.
  • adj. (mathematics) of number, less than zero.
  • adj. (linguistics, logic) denying a proposition.
  • adj. damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
  • adj. pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things. (Often used pejoratively.).
  • adj. Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of right…
  • adj. (chemistry) metalloidal; nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
  • adj. (New Age jargon) (pejorative) bad, unwanted, disagreeable, potentially damaging, to be avoided, unpleasant,…
  • adj. Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
  • n. refusal or withholding of assents; veto, prohibition.
  • n. (law) a right of veto.
  • n. (photography) an image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
  • n. (grammar) a word that indicates negation.
  • n. (mathematics) a negative quantity.
  • n. (weightlifting): A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is…
  • n. The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
  • v. To veto; to refuse.
  • v. To contradict.
  • v. To disprove.
  • v. To make ineffective, neutralize.
  • interj. (signalling, law) An elaborate synonym for the word No.

obstinate

  • adj. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
  • adj. Said of inanimate things not easily subdued or removed.

perverted

  • adj. deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
  • adj. (pejorative, offensive) of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex.
  • adj. misrepresented, altered or distorted.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of pervert.

reprobate

  • adj. (rare) Rejected; cast off as worthless.
  • adj. Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
  • adj. Immoral, having no religious or principled character.
  • n. One rejected by God; a sinful person.
  • n. An individual with low morals or principles.
  • v. To have strong disapproval of something; to condemn.
  • v. Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.
  • v. To refuse, set aside.

wayward

  • adj. given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.
  • adj. obstinate, contrary and unpredictable.
  • adj. (sports) not on target.

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