perverseness

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noun

The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.

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Meanings

nounperverseness (countable and uncountable, plural perversenesses)

plural perversenesses

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.

    Wherefore, thus ſaith the holy one of Iſrael, Becauſe ye deſpise this word, and truſt in oppreſſion and peruerſeneſſe, and ſtay thereon: Therefore this iniquitie ſhalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, ſwelling out in a high wall, whoſe breaking commeth ſuddenly at an inſtant.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 30:12–13, column 1

Synonyms & antonyms

noundeliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

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contrarinessperversity
Broader
unrulinessfractiousnesswillfulness

noundeliberately deviating from what is good

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perversity
Broader
evilevilness
Also see
contrarinessperversitythwartness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From perverse + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

perverseness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perverseness

MLA

“perverseness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perverseness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perverseness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perverseness.

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