Anagram Solver
Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler
Showing words for PERVERSE using the English dictionary
8 Letter Words for Perverse
7 Letter Words for Perverse
6 Letter Words for Perverse
5 Letter Words for Perverse
4 Letter Words for Perverse
3 Letter Words for Perverse
Definitions for Perverse
[1] willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
[2] characterized by or proceeding from such a determination or disposition: a perverse mood.
[3] wayward or cantankerous.
[4] persistent or obstinate in what is wrong.
[5] turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, or proper; wicked or corrupt.
[6] deliberately deviating from what is regarded as normal, good, or proper
[7] persistently holding to what is wrong
[8] wayward or contrary; obstinate; cantankerous
[9] archaic perverted
Words related to Perverse
contradictory, wicked, abnormal, bad-tempered, cantankerous, capricious, contrary, contumacious, corrupt, crabby, cross, degenerate, delinquent, depraved, deviant, disobedient, dogged, erring, fractious, hard-nosed
Words nearby Perverse
peruzzi, perv, perv on, pervade, pervasive, perverse, perversion, perversity, perversive, pervert, perverted
Origin of Perverse
1325–75; Middle English < Latin perversus facing the wrong way, askew, orig. past participle of pervertere. See pervert
Other words from Perverse
per·verse·ly , adverb
per·verse·ness , noun
non·per·verse , adjective
non·per·verse·ly , adverb
non·per·verse·ness , noun
un·per·verse , adjective
un·per·verse·ly , adverb
Word origin for Perverse
C14: from Old French pervers, from Latin perversus turned the wrong way
Synonyms for Perverse
contradictory, wicked, abnormal, bad-tempered, cantankerous, capricious, contrary, contumacious, corrupt, crabby, cross, degenerate, delinquent, depraved, deviant, disobedient, dogged, erring, fractious, hard-nosed, headstrong, intractable, intransigent, irritable, miscreant, mulish, nefarious, obdurate, obstinate, petulant, pigheaded, rebellious, refractory, rotten, self-willed, spiteful, stubborn, unhealthy, unmanageable, unreasonable, unyielding, villainous, wayward, willful