What is another word for perverse?
879 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pəvˈɜːs], [ pəvˈɜːs], [ p_ə_v_ˈɜː_s]
Perverse is a term that refers to behavior that is deliberately unacceptable or contrary to expected norms. There are several synonyms for this word that can be used to convey similar meaning, including wayward, disobedient, recalcitrant, headstrong, stubborn, defiant, unruly, and contrary. Each of these synonyms describes a slightly different aspect of perverse behavior, from a general refusal to conform to societal expectations to a stubborn insistence on doing things one's own way regardless of the consequences. Depending on the context of the situation and the desired tone of the message, one or more of these synonyms may be more appropriate than the others.
Synonyms for Perverse:
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adj.
• bad-tempered • deaf • deformed- asymmetrical ,
- awry ,
- bent ,
- cockeyed ,
- contorted ,
- crooked ,
- deformed ,
- disfigured ,
- distorted ,
- flawed ,
- freakish ,
- irregular ,
- lopsided ,
- misshapen .
- deaf .
- Misdoing ,
- bad ,
- base ,
- black ,
- blameworthy ,
- criminal ,
- damnable ,
- debased ,
- debauched ,
- degenerate ,
- depraved ,
- evildoing ,
- felonious ,
- immoral ,
- improper ,
- indecent ,
- iniquitous ,
- lawbreaking ,
- obnoxious ,
- reprehensible ,
- scandalous ,
- shocking ,
- sinful ,
- villainous ,
- wicked ,
- wrongdoing .
- fluffed ,
- in error ,
- not precise ,
- not working ,
- off-target ,
- on the wrong track ,
- sophistical ,
- ungrounded ,
- Misconstrued ,
- misfigured ,
- not right .
- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- dis inclined ,
- dis liking ,
- dis-inclined ,
- dis-liking ,
- ill disposed ,
- illdisposed ,
- in disposed ,
- in-disposed ,
- more disliking ,
- more ill disposed ,
- more ill-disposed ,
- more illdisposed ,
- more uneager ,
- most disliking ,
- most ill disposed ,
- most ill-disposed ,
- most illdisposed ,
- most uneager ,
- un eager ,
- un favorable ,
- un friendlier ,
- un friendliest ,
- un friendly ,
- un willing ,
- un-eager ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-friendlier ,
- un-friendliest ,
- un-friendly ,
- un-willing .
- immovable ,
- in flexible ,
- in-flexible ,
- more negativistic ,
- most negativistic ,
- un bending ,
- un manageable ,
- un predictable ,
- un-bending ,
- un-manageable ,
- un-predictable .
- bad tempered ,
- badtempered ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- huffy ,
- ill humored ,
- ill-humored ,
- illhumored ,
- irritable ,
- more bearish ,
- more ill humored ,
- more ill-humored ,
- more illhumored ,
- more vinegarish ,
- more vinegary ,
- most bearish ,
- most ill humored ,
- most ill-humored ,
- most illhumored ,
- most vinegarish ,
- most vinegary ,
- snappish .
- ex acting ,
- ex-acting ,
- fault finding ,
- hyper critical ,
- hyper-critical ,
- more caviling ,
- more cavillous ,
- more deprecating ,
- more exceptive ,
- more nit picking ,
- more nit-picking ,
- most caviling ,
- most cavillous ,
- most deprecating ,
- most exceptive ,
- most nit picking ,
- most nit-picking ,
- nit picking ,
- over-critical ,
- overcritical .
- Non-conforming ,
- anti thetical ,
- anti-thetical ,
- dis sentient ,
- dis-sentient ,
- in consistent ,
- in-consistent ,
- more anti ,
- more clashing ,
- more contrariant ,
- more dissentient ,
- more paradoxical ,
- more recusant ,
- more reverse ,
- more wrongheaded ,
- most anti ,
- most clashing ,
- most contrariant ,
- most dissentient ,
- most opposed ,
- most paradoxical ,
- most recusant ,
- most reverse ,
- most wrongheaded ,
- non conforming ,
- non conformist ,
- nonconformist ,
- re verse ,
- re-verse .
- de generate ,
- de graded ,
- de-generate ,
- de-graded ,
- dis honored ,
- dis solute ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-solute ,
- monstrous ,
- more abased ,
- more dishonored ,
- more evil ,
- most abased ,
- most dishonored .
- gloomy ,
- ill tempered ,
- illtempered ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more nasty tempered ,
- more nasty-tempered ,
- more nastytempered ,
- more splenetic ,
- most crabbed ,
- most nasty tempered ,
- most nasty-tempered ,
- most nastytempered ,
- most splenetic ,
- nasty tempered ,
- nastytempered ,
- splenetic ,
- un sociable ,
- un-sociable .
- bad humored ,
- badhumored ,
- got on wrong side bed ,
- got on wrong side of bed ,
- got up on wrong side bed ,
- got up wrong side bed ,
- got up wrong side of bed ,
- got upon wrong side bed ,
- got upon wrong side of bed ,
- got wrong side bed ,
- got wrong side of bed ,
- hot tempered ,
- like bear ,
- more bad humored ,
- more bad-humored ,
- more badhumored ,
- more cussed ,
- most bad humored ,
- most bad-humored ,
- most badhumored ,
- most cussed ,
- out sorts ,
- quick tempered ,
- quicktempered .
- Heteroclite ,
- heretical ,
- hetero clite ,
- hetero-clite ,
- more heteroclite ,
- more unrepresentative ,
- most heteroclite ,
- most unrepresentative ,
- off key ,
- offkey ,
- un orthodox ,
- un representative ,
- un typical ,
- un-orthodox ,
- un-representative ,
- un-typical .
- faultfinding ,
- short tempered ,
- shorttempered ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- worried ,
- wreckest .
- hard nosed ,
- hard-nosed ,
- levelheaded ,
- more hard nosed ,
- more tough nut ,
- more tough-nut ,
- more toughnut ,
- more unsentimental ,
- most hardheaded ,
- most tough nut ,
- most tough-nut ,
- most toughnut ,
- most unsentimental ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- toughnut ,
- un sentimental ,
- un-sentimental .
- hardshell ,
- head strong ,
- lockedin ,
- more locked in ,
- more locked-in ,
- more lockedin ,
- more murder ,
- more strong minded ,
- more strong-minded ,
- more strongminded ,
- most locked in ,
- most locked-in ,
- most lockedin ,
- most murder ,
- most strong minded ,
- most strong-minded ,
- most strongminded ,
- muler ,
- mulest ,
- strong minded ,
- strongminded ,
- un controllable ,
- un governable ,
- un-controllable ,
- un-governable .
- dis obliging ,
- dis-obliging ,
- ill natured ,
- illnatured ,
- more tempersome ,
- most tempersome ,
- temperamental ,
- tempersome .
- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- dis-honorable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- ill famed ,
- illfamed ,
- in famous ,
- in-famous ,
- infamous ,
- more caitiff ,
- more ill famed ,
- more ill-famed ,
- more illfamed ,
- most caitiff ,
- most ill famed ,
- most ill-famed ,
- most illfamed ,
- opprobrious ,
- scurvier ,
- scurviest .
- in subordinate ,
- in-subordinate ,
- more dissentious ,
- more uncomplying ,
- most dissentious ,
- most uncomplying ,
- un complying ,
- un-complying .
- bull headed ,
- in tractable ,
- in-tractable ,
- more bull headed ,
- more bull-headed ,
- most bull headed ,
- most bull-headed .
- hardline ,
- in curable ,
- in soluble ,
- in-curable ,
- in-soluble ,
- most intransigent ,
- set stone ,
- un compromising ,
- un pliable ,
- un pliabler ,
- un pliablest ,
- un-compromising ,
- un-pliable ,
- un-pliabler ,
- un-pliablest ,
- unpliabler ,
- unpliablest .
- abnormal ,
- bad-tempered ,
- capricious ,
- contradictory ,
- cross ,
- delinquent ,
- erring ,
- intransigent ,
- obstinate ,
- rebellious ,
- spiteful ,
- stubborn ,
- unmanageable ,
- unyielding ,
- wayward .
- more rascally ,
- most rascally ,
- re prehensible ,
- re probate ,
- re-prehensible ,
- re-probate ,
- un principled ,
- un-principled .
- down dumps ,
- down mouth ,
- down the dumps ,
- down the mouth ,
- having blahs ,
- in a blue funk ,
- more moping ,
- more perversive ,
- morose ,
- most moping ,
- most perversive ,
- singing blues .
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperating ,
- impish ,
- in decorous ,
- in-decorous ,
- more exasperating ,
- most exasperating ,
- teasing .
- hard hearted ,
- in-exorable ,
- more bullhead ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- more indurate ,
- more stiff necked ,
- more stiff-necked ,
- more stiffnecked ,
- more unimpressible ,
- most bullhead ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- most indurate ,
- most stiff necked ,
- most stiff-necked ,
- most stiffnecked ,
- most unimpressible ,
- stiff necked ,
- stiffnecked ,
- tough nut crack ,
- un compassionate ,
- un emotional ,
- un impressible ,
- un shakable ,
- un-compassionate ,
- un-emotional ,
- un-impressible ,
- un-shakable .
- dis pleased ,
- dis-pleased ,
- grumbling ,
- more crybaby ,
- more pouting ,
- more whining ,
- most crybaby ,
- most pouting ,
- most whining ,
- un gracious ,
- un-gracious ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight ,
- whinier ,
- whiniest ,
- whiny .
- de filed ,
- de-filed ,
- dis loyal ,
- dis-loyal ,
- more bribable ,
- more contaminated ,
- more dirtied ,
- more polluted ,
- more sullied ,
- more vitiated ,
- most bribable ,
- most contaminated ,
- most dirtied ,
- most polluted ,
- most sullied ,
- most vitiated ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest ,
- un-trustworthy .
- Ill-boding ,
- dis honest ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis-honest ,
- dis-quieting ,
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- ill boding ,
- illboding ,
- in auspicious ,
- in-auspicious ,
- more blackhearted ,
- more doomful ,
- more foreboding ,
- more malefic ,
- most blackhearted ,
- most doomful ,
- most foreboding ,
- most malefic ,
- portentous ,
- un fortunate ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un propitious ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-lucky .
- set in one ways ,
- set in ones ways ,
- set in ways ,
- set one ways ,
- set one's ways ,
- set ones ways ,
- set ways ,
- single minded ,
- un reasonable ,
- un-reasonable .
- dis courteous ,
- dis-courteous ,
- ill mannered ,
- illmannered ,
- more curmudgeonly ,
- most curmudgeonly ,
- un civil ,
- un-civil .
- extra-ordinary ,
- in credible ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-credible ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- madeup ,
- makebelieve ,
- more concocted ,
- more imitation ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more staged ,
- more unconforming ,
- most concocted ,
- most fabricated ,
- most imitation ,
- most put on ,
- most puton ,
- most staged ,
- most unconforming ,
- puton ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural ,
- un accountable ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un conforming ,
- un natural ,
- un usual ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-conforming ,
- un-natural ,
- un-usual .
- Star-crossed ,
- ill starred ,
- illstarred ,
- in convenient ,
- in opportune ,
- in-convenient ,
- in-opportune ,
- mis fortunate ,
- mis-fortunate ,
- more misfortunate ,
- most misfortunate ,
- star crossed ,
- starcrossed ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un timelier ,
- un timeliest ,
- un timely ,
- un-happy ,
- un-timelier ,
- un-timeliest ,
- un-timely .
- more double crossing ,
- more double-crossing ,
- more motiveless ,
- more unprovoked ,
- most double crossing ,
- most double-crossing ,
- most doublecrossing ,
- most motiveless ,
- most unprovoked ,
- un asked ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un justifiable ,
- un justified ,
- un provoked ,
- un-asked ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-justifiable ,
- un-justified ,
- un-provoked ,
- uncalledfor .
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- ridiculous .
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- resist .
Other synonyms:
- absurd ,
- absurdly ,
- airy-fairy ,
- bullheaded ,
- childish ,
- contrarious ,
- counterintuitive ,
- crabbed ,
- disorganized ,
- fanciful ,
- fantastic ,
- farcical ,
- fatuous ,
- flagitious ,
- fondly ,
- foolhardy ,
- grotesque ,
- harum-scarum ,
- ill-advised ,
- ill-conceived ,
- illogical ,
- immoderate ,
- impractical ,
- imprudent ,
- inadvisable ,
- inane ,
- intemperate ,
- irrational ,
- irresponsible ,
- nonsensical ,
- ornery ,
- peevish ,
- senseless ,
- starry-eyed ,
- unjustifiable ,
- unreasonable ,
- unsound ,
- unwise ,
- wrong-headed .
- dogged ,
- dreamy ,
- extreme ,
- grandiose ,
- hardheaded ,
- headstrong ,
- hysterical ,
- miscreant ,
- mulish ,
- pigheaded ,
- restless ,
- stiff-necked ,
- tenacious ,
- tortuous .
- difficult .
- attitude ,
- balky ,
- impossible ,
- support .
- rotten .
Other relevant words:
- hard .
- Cavillous ,
- Chuffy ,
- Contrariant ,
- Crossgrained ,
- Doomful ,
- Exceptive ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Incompliant ,
- Mumpish ,
- Pig-headed ,
- Unimpressible ,
- Unpliable ,
- anti ,
- bad-humored ,
- badly behaved ,
- bearish ,
- blackhearted ,
- brassbound ,
- bribable ,
- bull-headed ,
- bullhead ,
- cantankerous ,
- captious ,
- contentious ,
- contumacious ,
- corrupt ,
- cranky ,
- cross-grained ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- deviant ,
- die hard ,
- disobedient ,
- dissentient ,
- dissentious ,
- down in dumps ,
- down in mouth ,
- down in the dumps ,
- extra ordinary ,
- got up on wrong side of bed ,
- hard core ,
- hard line ,
- hard shell ,
- hardnosed ,
- having blue devils ,
- having no use for ,
- having the blahs ,
- head-strong ,
- hottempered ,
- ill-disposed ,
- ill-famed ,
- in a bad mood ,
- in bad mood ,
- in blue funk ,
- indocile ,
- insubordinate ,
- like a bear ,
- locked in ,
- locked-in ,
- malefic ,
- misfortunate ,
- motiveless ,
- mule ,
- nasty-tempered ,
- naughty ,
- nefarious ,
- negativistic ,
- nit-picking ,
- non-conformist ,
- obdurate ,
- out of line ,
- over critical ,
- paradoxical ,
- perversive ,
- petulant ,
- praetorian ,
- rascally ,
- recusant ,
- restive ,
- sadistic ,
- scurvy ,
- set in one's ways ,
- set in stone ,
- singing the blues ,
- singleminded ,
- sinister ,
- strong-minded ,
- sullen ,
- surly ,
- tough nut ,
- tough nut to crack ,
- tough-nut ,
- unbendable ,
- uncompliant ,
- uncomplying ,
- unconforming ,
- uncooperative ,
- uneager ,
- unnatural ,
- unprovoked ,
- unrepresentative ,
- unsentimental ,
- untoward ,
- vicious ,
- vinegarish ,
- vinegary ,
- wanton ,
- wrecker .
- evil .
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How to use "Perverse" in context?
Perverse is an adjective which means " working or tending to work against the usual or expected course of events or actions." Perverse humour is often used to shocks or amuse people, while perverse literature is often dark and serious. A perverse attitude is a way of thinking or behaving that is opposed to prevailing norms.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
perverted.
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Independent
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Adjective
aberrant, abnormal, absurd, abusive, bad, bizarre, counterproductive, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, devastating, deviant, disadvantageous, disastrous, disruptive, distorted, erroneous, evil, false, grotesque, harmful, illogical, improper, inappropriate, iniquitous, injurious, insane, insidious, irrational, kinky, ludicrous, malicious, misguided, nasty, nefarious, negative, nonsense, nonsensical, odd, opposite, oppressive, pointless, prejudicial, ridiculous, senseless, twisted, undesired, unfair, unfavourable, unjustified, unnatural, unreasonable, unscrupulous, unwanted, unwarranted, wrong, Distorting.
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Other Related
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Adjective
adverse, anomalous, outrageous, pernicious, preposterous, strange, undesirable, vicious, warped, wicked, counter-productive.
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