Synonyms for "perversing" (267 found)

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Closest matches (54)

negativepervertedaberrantabroadadamantadriftadversaryadversativeadverseadversivealienall abroadall offall wrongamissantagonisticantiantipatheticantitheticantithetical

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antonymousaskewastrayat cross purposesat cross-purposesat faultaverseawkwardawrybadbad-temperedbalancingbalkybearishbentbeside the markbiliousbitchybolshiebreakawaybulkybullheadedcankeredcantankerouscaptiouscavilingchurlishclashingclumsycompensatingcompetitiveconconflicting

Adjective(1 words)

bolshie

Strong matches (80)

confrontingcontentioncontentiouscontradictingcontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrarycontrastedcontumaciousconversecorruptcountercounteractantcounteractingcounteractivecounterbalancingcounterpoisedcountervailing

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counterworkingcrabbedcrabbycrankycrookedcrosscross grainedcross-grainedcrosswisecrotchetycrustycumbersomecusseddead againstdeafdeceptivedefectivedegeneratedelusivedepraveddeviantdeviationaldeviativedifficultdisaccordantdisagreeablediscordantdiscrepantdisobedientdissentientdissidentdistortedenemyerranterringerroneousexcitableeyeball to eyeballfallaciousfalsefaultfulfaultyfeistyflagitiousflawedfractiousfretfulfrowardgnominiousgrouchyheadstronghereticalheterodox

Adjective(5 words)

contrarycontumaciouscrossdecadentfroward

Adjective(2 words)

contrarydepraved

Related words (133)

hostilehuffishhuffyhulkinghulkyill-temperedillogicalillusoryimpiousimpracticalimproperimprudentinconsistentinconvenientincorrectinfamousinflexibleinimicaliniquitousinsubordinate

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intractableinverseirascibleirregularirritablemeanmiscreantmulishnaughtynefariousnonconformistnoncooperativenot rightnot trueobdurateobstinateobstreperousobverseoffoff the trackopponentopposedopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantorneryoutoverthwartpeccantpeevishpertinaciouspetulantpigheadedponderousputridquarrelsomequerulousreactionaryrecalcitrantrefractoryrenitentrepugnantresistantrestivereverserevolutionaryrivalrottensadisticsatanicself-contradictoryself-willedsnappishspitefulspleenyspleneticsquared offstiff-neckedstrayingstubbornstuffysulkysullensurlytestytouchyuglyunbendinguncooperativeunfactualunfairunfavorableunfriendlyunhandyunhealthyunmanageableunnaturalunorthodoxunpliableunpropitiousunprovedunreasonableunrulyuntrueunwieldyunyieldingviciousvillainouswantonwaspishwaywardwidewillfulwrongwrongheaded

Adjective(12 words)

immoraliniquitousintractablepetulantstubbornunethicalungodlyungovernableuntowardvexatiousvexingwayward

Adjective(4 words)

obstinatepervertedreprobatewayward

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