Antonyms for perverseness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-vurs |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈvɜrs |
Definition of perverseness
Origin :- mid-14c., "wicked," from Old French pervers "unnatural, degenerate; perverse, contrary" (12c.) and directly from Latin perversus "turned away, contrary, askew," figuratively, "turned away from what is right, wrong, malicious, spiteful," past participle of pervertere "to corrupt" (see pervert (v.)). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by forcerred, from past participle of forcyrran "to avoid," from cierran "to turn, return." Meaning "wrong, not in accord with what is accepted" is from 1560s; sense of "obstinate, stubborn" is from 1570s. It keeps the non-sexual senses of pervert (v.) and allows the psychological ones to go with perverted. Related: Perversely; perverseness.
- noun obstinacy
- Perverseness prompted Theodora to say, 'The baby at the lodge is twice the size.'
- Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- And then came, as if to my final and irrevocable overthrow, the spirit of Perverseness.
- Extract from : « Lords of the Housetops » by Various
- Perverseness in this error hath brought the church to the misery which it endureth.
- Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
Synonyms for perverseness
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