释义 |
perverse /pər-vûrsˈ/ adjective- Turned aside from right or truth
- Obstinately determined when in the wrong
- Capricious and unreasonable in opposition
- Wrong-headed, stubborn
- Wayward
- Deliberately wicked
- Against the evidence or judge's direction on point of law (law)
- Adverse (Milton)
ORIGIN: Partly through Fr, from L pervertere, perversum, from pfx per- wrongly, and vertere to turn perverseˈly adverb perverseˈness noun perversion /-vûrˈshən/ noun - The act or process of perverting
- The condition of being perverted
- The product of the process of perverting
- A diverting from the true object
- A turning from what is right or true
- A distortion
- A misapplication
- A pathological deviation of sexual instinct
- The formation of a mirror image (mathematics)
- The mirror image itself
perversˈity noun The state or quality of being perverse perversˈive adjective Tending to pervert pervertˈ transitive verb - To cause to turn away from the right course
- To misconstrue, to interpret wrongly
- To corrupt
- To cause to turn from truth or virtue
- To divert, turn (Shakespeare)
- To form a mirror image of (mathematics)
intransitive verb To go wrong, or away from the right course noun /pûrˈvûrt/ - Someone whose sexual instinct is perverted
- A person who has abandoned the doctrine assumed to be true
pervertˈed adjective pervertˈer noun pervertˈible adjective |