Category:Perverse

Per*verse", a. Etym: [l. perversus turned the wrong way, not right, P.p. of pervertereto turn around, to overturn: cf. F. pervers. See Pervert.]

1. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; Willfully erring; wicked; perverted. The only righteous in a word perverse. Milton.

2. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; Vexing; contrary. To so perverse a sex all grace is vain. Dryden.

Syn. -- froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; Cross; petulant; vexatious. -- perverse, froward. One who is froward is capricious, and Reluctant to obey. One who is perverse has a settled obstinacy of Will, and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will Of others.