perverse.
Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
Meaning & usage
Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
Wayward; vexing; contrary.
Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English perverse, pervers, from Old French pervers, from Latin perversum (“thoroughly turned”), past participle of pervertere, from per- (“thoroughly”) + vertere (“to turn”).
A chiral opposite of something; a mirror image with opposite handedness.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English perverse, pervers, from Old French pervers, from Latin perversum (“thoroughly turned”), past participle of pervertere, from per- (“thoroughly”) + vertere (“to turn”).
To pervert.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English perverse, pervers, from Old French pervers, from Latin perversum (“thoroughly turned”), past participle of pervertere, from per- (“thoroughly”) + vertere (“to turn”).
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