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perverse

Pronunciation: /pɚˈvɝs/

The English word “perverse” has 7 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
  2. Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
  3. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
  4. Wayward; vexing; contrary.
  5. Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.

noun

  1. A chiral opposite of something; a mirror image with opposite handedness.

verb

  1. To pervert.

Etymology

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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