perversity

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being perverse.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Something which is perverse.

Synonyms

stubbornness
20k
obstinacy
40k
perverseness
perversion
25k
contrariness
refractoriness
contrariety
crookedness
wickedness
21k
distortion
C2
eccentric
C2
evil
A2
fornication
29k
grouchiness
immorality
35k
indirectness
misinterpretation
moroseness
mulishness
obliquity
opposition
C1
orneriness
peevishness
pettishness
recalcitrance
recalcitrancy
surliness
testiness
variance
32k
waspishness
waywardness
asininity
obstinance
unmanageableness
wrongheadedness
aberrancy
pigheadedness
adultery
C2
biliousness
cantankerous
crabbedness
crustiness
deviancy
disagreement
C2
discordance
Translations

perversité
perversidad
perversitat

Perversität

pravitas

Pervertiertheit

perversidade
perversioni
verdorvenheid

perversiteit

empecinamiento
obstinación
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/
Etymology

From perverse + -ity, from Middle French perversité, from Latin perversitās.

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