I just bet you were thinking something perverse just now.
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Perverse
//pɚˈvɝs//
Synonyms for "perverse" (267 found)
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confrontingcontentioncontentiouscontradictingcontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrarycontrastedcontumaciousconversecorruptcountercounteractantcounteractingcounteractivecounterbalancingcounterpoisedcountervailing
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counterworkingcrabbedcrabbycrankycrookedcrosscross grainedcross-grainedcrosswisecrotchetycrustycumbersomecusseddead againstdeafdeceptivedefectivedegeneratedelusivedepraveddeviantdeviationaldeviativedifficultdisaccordantdisagreeablediscordantdiscrepantdisobedientdissentientdissidentdistortedenemyerranterringerroneousexcitableeyeball to eyeballfallaciousfalsefaultfulfaultyfeistyflagitiousflawedfractiousfretfulfrowardgnominiousgrouchyheadstronghereticalheterodox
Adjective(5 words)
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hostilehuffishhuffyhulkinghulkyill-temperedillogicalillusoryimpiousimpracticalimproperimprudentinconsistentinconvenientincorrectinfamousinflexibleinimicaliniquitousinsubordinate
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intractableinverseirascibleirregularirritablemeanmiscreantmulishnaughtynefariousnonconformistnoncooperativenot rightnot trueobdurateobstinateobstreperousobverseoffoff the trackopponentopposedopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantorneryoutoverthwartpeccantpeevishpertinaciouspetulantpigheadedponderousputridquarrelsomequerulousreactionaryrecalcitrantrefractoryrenitentrepugnantresistantrestivereverserevolutionaryrivalrottensadisticsatanicself-contradictoryself-willedsnappishspitefulspleenyspleneticsquared offstiff-neckedstrayingstubbornstuffysulkysullensurlytestytouchyuglyunbendinguncooperativeunfactualunfairunfavorableunfriendlyunhandyunhealthyunmanageableunnaturalunorthodoxunpliableunpropitiousunprovedunreasonableunrulyuntrueunwieldyunyieldingviciousvillainouswantonwaspishwaywardwidewillfulwrongwrongheaded
Adjective(12 words)
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43 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- вироглав adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
- извратен adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- опърничав adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
- перверзен adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- akis adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Czech
1 entries- perverzní adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Danish
1 entries- pervers adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Esperanto
1 entries- perversa adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Finnish
4 entries- jääräpäinen adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
- kieroutunut adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- perverssi adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- uppiniskainen adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
French
1 entries- pervers adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
German
4 entries- abartig adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
- pervers adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- pervers adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
- widernatürlich adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- pèvès adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Hungarian
1 entries- perverz adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Irish
1 entries- ainbhreitheach adj (Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions)
Japanese
3 entries- 天邪鬼 adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- 意地悪 adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- 旋毛曲がり adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
Macedonian
4 entries- изо́пачен adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- на́стран adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- пе́рверзен adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- проти́вречен adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
Māori
3 entries- hōkeke adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
- korokē adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
- kōrori adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
Old English
2 entries- afulīċ adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- ġedwolen adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آزغین adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- اكری adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Persian
1 entries- بلاده adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Romanian
1 entries- pervers adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Russian
2 entries- извращённый adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- противоречащий adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- perverzan adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Spanish
2 entries- perverso adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
- protervo adj (Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary)
Turkish
1 entries- sapık adj (Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Don't be so perverse!
Source: tatoeba (1363387)
Tom is perverse.
Source: tatoeba (2236814)
Don't think I'm perverse, but I've seen several condoms in her purse.
Source: tatoeba (2759020)
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