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Definition of Perverse
1. Adjective. Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict. "Took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"
2. Adjective. Resistant to guidance or discipline. "Wayward behavior"
Similar to: Disobedient
Derivative terms: Contrariness, Perverseness, Perversity
3. Adjective. Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good. "The reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
Similar to: Corrupt
Derivative terms: Depravity, Perverseness, Perversity, Reprobate
Definition of Perverse
1. a. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
Definition of Perverse
1. Adjective. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted. ¹
2. Adjective. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: legal of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perverse
1. willfully deviating from desired or expected conduct [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perverse
Literary usage of Perverse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of John Locke, in Nine Volumes by John Locke (1824)
"You tell us, " such as are not madmen or idiots, or desperately " perverse and
obstinate." Very well, but who are those desperately perverse and obstinate, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of New Trials in Cases Civil and Criminal by David Graham, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1855)
"Rendering a perverse verdict. was brought up to receive his sentence, ...
Rendering a perverse verdict. When a jury render a perverse verdict, ..."
3. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1903)
"which psychologists may be able to explain, that a large number of people di dain
to answer by rule, and seem to be actuated by the same perverse spirit th ..."
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