Froward quality or condition; perversity; untowardness; an instance of this.
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| 释义 | the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness (45) frowardnessa1300 Froward quality or condition; perversity; untowardness; an instance of this. waywardnessc1384 The quality of being wayward (in various senses). wrawnessc1386 perverseness. frowardship14.. = frowardness, n. perversity?a1425 The quality or character of being perverse; contrariness; an instance of this. frowardheadc1470 = frowardness, n. overthwartnessc1475 Contrariness; perversity. adversity1489 Contrariness of nature; perversity. Obsolete. perversednessa1500 perverseness. thrawnness1499 perverseness; obstinacy. untowardnessa1525 Disinclination to be accommodating or pleasant; perversity, obstinacy. protervitya1527 Waywardness, stubbornness; impudence; petulance; an instance of this. Now rare. repugnancy1557 Opposition or resistance of mind or feeling. In later use: a feeling of strong aversion (= repugnance, n. 3). thrawardness1567 Frowardness, perversity, ‘thrawnness’. contrariousness1571 Opposition, antagonism, contrariety; self-willed perversity. crookedness1576 figurative. Deviation from rectitude; moral obliquity; perversity, etc.: see crooked, adj. 3. thwartness1577 The condition or quality of being thwart, in various senses; transverseness; opposition, contrariety; perversity. pervertness1581 = perverseness, n. peevishness1582 Perverse or obstinate character or behaviour; capriciousness. Also: spitefulness, malignity. Obsolete. awkness1587 Wrongness, irrationality, perversity, untowardness, awkwardness, ineptitude. crabbedness1598 Crookedness, perversity or refractoriness of disposition, fractiousness (obsolete); ill-nature; harshness; asperity or sourness of temper. untowardliness1598 (un-, prefix1 affix 6. Cf. untowardly, adj.) crossness1600 Disposition to oppose or be contrary; perverse tendency, disposition, or temper. difficileness1612 contrariness1642 Self-willed opposition, perverseness, perversity; = contrariousness, n. perverseness1644 The quality or character of being perverse; = perversity, n. cross-grainedness1652 wrong-headedness1740 The quality or character of being wrong-headed; perversity of judgement or intellect. pigheadedness1801 Obstinacy, stubbornness; the quality of being stupidly or perversely set in one's ways. cussedness1852 Obstinacy, stubbornness; cantankerousness; contrariness. Cf. cussed, adj. 3. orneriness1880 Meanness, contrariness, ‘cussedness’. bloody-mindedness1910 Chiefly British. Perversity, contrariness; cantankerousness; stubborn intransigence or obstructiveness; obstinacy, determination. difficultness1934 The quality, fact, or condition of being difficult (in various senses); difficulty. Subcategories:— instance of (4) — person (7) — Murphy's law (1) |
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