perverse

Meaning

Adj

1. Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
2. Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
3. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
4. Wayward; vexing; contrary.
5. Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.

Noun

A chiral opposite of something; a mirror image with opposite handedness.

Verb

To pervert.

Synonyms

obstinate

wicked

perverted

stubborn

contrary

depraved

wayward

wrong

quirky

odd

refractory

hard to understand

untoward

intractable

crooked

distorted

pigheaded

do violence

cross-grained

adverse

froward

abnormal

treacherous

kinky

vicious

wilful

rebellious

recalcitrant

reprobate

misguided

naughty

nontrivial

obduracy

obdurate

oblique

outrageous

overbearing

pertinacious

pervert

preposterous

reversed

roughshod

selfish

self-willed

sick

🤢

sinister

stiff-necked

stupid

twisted

uncontrollable

Translations

pervers

perverso

👎

sapık

verdorven

pervers

pervers

pervertido

διεστραμμένος

αδιόρθωτος

abartig

improbus

anormale

perverso

rebelle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɚˈvɝs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: perverse

In summary

From Middle English perverse, pervers, from Old French pervers, from Latin perversum (“thoroughly turned”), past participle of pervertere, from per- (“thoroughly”) + vertere (“to turn”).