adj.

1. Directed away from what is right or good; perverted.
2. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn.
3. 1. Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict.
   2. Arising from such a disposition.
4. Cranky; peevish.

[Middle English pervers, from Old French, from Latin perversus, past participle of pervertere, to pervert. See pervert.]

perversely per·verse'ly adv.
perverseness per·verse'ness n.

adjective

1. Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior: corrupt, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, miscreant, rotten, unhealthy, villainous. See clean/dirty, good/bad.
2. Tenaciously unwilling to yield: bullheaded, dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, pigheaded, stiff-necked, tenacious, willful. See resist/yield.
3. Given to acting in opposition to others: balky, contrarious, contrary, difficult, froward, impossible, ornery, wayward. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, support/oppose.

adj

Definition: mean, ornery; troublesome
Antonyms: agreeable, compliant, cooperative, happy, nice, reasonable, willing

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IN BRIEF: Inclined to be opposed to what is expected or requested; contrary. Also: Corrupt or directed toward evil or depraved behavior.

The perception of a comic is a tie of sympathy with other men, a pledge of sanity, and a protection from those perverse tendencies and gloomy insanities in which fine intellects sometimes lose themselves. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fordærvet, forstokket, urimelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
pervers, tegendraads, slecht, tegen bewijs of advies van rechter in

Français (French)
adj. - pervers, illogique, contraire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - pervers, verstockt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διεστραμμένος, φαύλος, ανώμαλος, βιτσιόζικος

Italiano (Italian)
perverso, avverso, contrario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - perverso, obstinado

Русский (Russian)
извращенный, искаженный, капризный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - perverso, terco, contumaz, adverso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - pervers, motsträvig, fördärvad, bakvänd, förhärdad

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
乖张的, 错误的, 倔强的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 乖張的, 錯誤的, 倔強的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 심술궂은, 성마른, 뒤틀어진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - つむじ曲がりの, ひねくれた, 正道を外れた, 邪悪な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منحرف, فاسد, شرير, معاكس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סוטה, מתעקש לנהוג לא כשורה, לא הגיוני, מנוגד, מסולף, נלוז, עיקש, רע, עצבני, סורר, מנוגד לעדויות או להנחיית השופט (פסק-דין)‬

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