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Showing words for PERVERSE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Perverse

perverse, preserve

7 Letter Words for Perverse

peevers, preeves, reserve, resever, reveres, reverse, severer

6 Letter Words for Perverse

everse, peever, peeves, perves, preeve, presee, preser, reeper, reeves, revere, revers, server, severe, sperre, verser, vesper

5 Letter Words for Perverse

epees, esere, evese, peers, peeve, peres, perse, perve, pervs, prees, reese, reeve, reree, resee, rever, serer, serre, serve, sever, speer, spree, veeps, veers, vepse, verre, verse

4 Letter Words for Perverse

epee, erer, eres, errs, erse, ever, eves, peer, pees, pere, pers, perv, pree, pres, rees, repr, reps, resp, reve, revs, rsvp, seep, seer, sere, serr, serv, seve, veep, veer, vees, veps, vers, vese, vesp

3 Letter Words for Perverse

eer, ere, err, ers, ese, esp, esr, eve, pee, per, pes, pre, prs, ree, rep, res, rev, rps, see, sep, ser, vee, ver

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