| 单词 | perverseness |
| 释义 | perverseness (once / 10544 pages) n WORD FAMILY perverseness: perversenesses+/perverse: perversely, perverseness, perversest, perversity/perversity: perversities USAGE EXAMPLESLady Susan complains of her daughter’s “girlish perverseness and folly” while, in another letter, her sister-in-law praises Frederica’s “gentle, affectionate heart.” Slate(May 11, 2016) It accordingly urged them to offer not only thanks but also “humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.” Washington Post(Nov 25, 2015) He said there was a kind of “perverseness” about such thinking. Forbes(May 30, 2014) 1n deliberately deviating from what is good Syn|Hyper perversity evil, evilness the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice 2n deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline Syn|Hypo|Hyper contrariness, perversity cussedness, orneriness meanspirited disagreeable contrariness fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
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