Definition of perverse in English:

perverse

adjective pəˈvəːspərˈvərs

1Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.
（人或其行为）故意作对的；一意孤行的
Kate's perverse decision not to cooperate held good
凯特执意不合作的决定仍然有效。
Example sentencesExamples
- His considerable powers of concentration served to amplify the more extreme, uncompromising, even perverse, aspects of his personality.
- The example du jour is his persistent, some might say perverse desire to ram roads through some of our last old-growth forests.
- Instead of being taken aback, he felt a perverse obstinacy rise up inside him.
- His decision to work in mezzotint was partly perverse, as it was an antiquated medium so labor-intensive that it was only rarely practiced.
- I'm one of these perverse people who will deliberately take a spite against something, just because everyone else likes it.
- It seems his muse, once so pliable, has become perverse and wilful: I commiserate.
- But I have this perverse desire to be shaved with a cut-throat razor - by an expert.
- So his decision to show the way last night smacked of a perverse desire to prove something to himself and the world.
- I always have this perverse but burning desire to be scared, and it's hard for me to achieve this goal simply because it's hard for me to get scared.
- Also, I'm so stubborn and perverse that her rudeness just made me more determined to get to know her.
- But he admits to sharing one trait with his crumpled creation: he's wilfully perverse.
- There is, however, an inflexibility and perverse bias already present in the environing world, and it's this which defamiliarises and removes our projects from us.
Synonyms
awkward, contrary, difficult, unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful, obstructive, disobliging, unaccommodating, troublesome, tiresome, annoying, vexatious, obstreperous, disobedient, unmanageable, uncontrollable, recalcitrant, refractory, rebellious
wilful, headstrong, self-willed, capricious, wayward, cross-grained, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, pertinacious, mulish, pig-headed, bull-headed, intractable, intransigent, inflexible
Scottish thrawn
informal cussed
British informal bloody-minded, bolshie, stroppy
North American informal balky
archaic froward, contumacious
rare contrarious
2Contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice.
有悖常理的，反常的；不合人意的
in two general elections the outcome was quite perverse
两次大选中结果很反常。
Example sentencesExamples
- Making treatments free had created two perverse incentives: patients expected a treatment for every complaint, and doctors felt compelled to provide one.
- It would be utterly illogical and perverse to deal with this matter on anything other than a UK-wide basis.
- These new rules should be structured in a way that removes perverse incentives to lower standards.
- Worse still, in countries where development is the central problem, uniform standards may have perverse effects.
- Now, this standard has a certain perverse appeal, at least if we felt it would be universally followed.
- To argue that we are powerless to change the political environment in the face of irrational fanaticism is a perverse form of defeatism.
- The liar, by contrast, is concerned with the truth, in a perverse sort of fashion: he wants to lead us away from it.
- She describes the proposed development of the old bus depot as unpopular, illogical and perverse.
- Shall I judge you by their perverse standards, until you can prove otherwise?
- This may seem a contradictory, even perverse, claim.
- Is it about the fundamentally deluded nature of human existence, or its perverse, incorrigible optimism?
- So, ironically, even the economic consequences of the neo-liberal program are likely to be quite perverse in practice.
- There is sometimes in us a perverse refusal to accept or to believe in good, a deep-seated, hardened refusal which belittles or despises good.
- If that is correct, of course, the only comparison with the steriliser's immunity, with which I am dealing, is of a perverse contrast.
- The reign of George II practically revels in this perverse transparency.
- It is perverse because everyone accepts that regular exercise helps reduce the risk of heart attacks, high blood pressure, obesity and even depression.
- The extension of this model to securities pricing has created a widely accepted but perverse understanding of financial markets.
- Human nature is far too perverse for anything this simple to be successful!
- In the perverse logic of defense contracts, the more complications the better.
- The refusal by the government to accept the best science is irrational and perverse.
Synonyms
illogical, irrational, unreasonable, contradictory, wrong, wrong-headed, incorrect, irregular, inappropriate, unorthodox
1. 2.1Law (of a verdict) against the weight of evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law.
  〔律〕（裁决）不合法的，不正当的
  Example sentencesExamples
  It could only do so if satisfied that the decision was so perverse that the judge must have fallen into error.
  It is asserted in this appeal that the jury's verdict was perverse and that the answers were incontrovertibly unreasonable.
  It is a perverse verdict and it is a miscarriage of justice in relation to costs.
  Where, however, a jury reaches a perverse verdict on the evidence, it is open to the Court of Appeal, to reverse that verdict.
  It will also prevent unnecessary appeals in cases where a perverse jury verdict is returned.
3Sexually perverted.
性欲倒错的；性欲反常的；性变态的
an evil life dedicated to perverse pleasure
films depicting behaviour which seemed perverse or deviant were seen as more suitable for private therapy than for public consumption
Synonyms
perverted, depraved, unnatural, abnormal, deviant, degenerate, immoral, warped, twisted, corrupt
wicked, base, evil
informal kinky, sick, pervy, sicko

Derivatives

perverseness

noun pəˈvəːsnəspərˈvərsnəs

It is submitted that there has been no perverseness here.
Example sentencesExamples
- The blatancy of its rhetorical devices and the perverseness of its address create discomfort for serious theorists.
- Such Delphic obscurity was not inspired by mere perverseness.
- What distinguishes his recent work is an almost maternal sympathy for the perverseness of the human animal - and the twists in its fate.
- This is partly because he is compassionate about the suffering of ordinary Europeans, but also exasperated by their masochism and perverseness.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'turned away from what is right or good'): from Old French pervers(e), from Latin perversus 'turned about', from the verb pervertere (see pervert).

Rhymes

amerce, asperse, averse, biodiverse, burse, coerce, converse, curse, diverse, Erse, hearse, immerse, intersperse, nurse, perse, purse, reimburse, submerse, terce, terse, transverse, verse, worse

Definition of perverse in US English:

perverse

adjectivepərˈvərspərˈvərs

1(of a person or their actions) showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences.
（人或其行为）故意作对的；一意孤行的
Kate's perverse decision not to cooperate
凯特执意不合作的决定仍然有效。
Example sentencesExamples
- His decision to work in mezzotint was partly perverse, as it was an antiquated medium so labor-intensive that it was only rarely practiced.
- I always have this perverse but burning desire to be scared, and it's hard for me to achieve this goal simply because it's hard for me to get scared.
- But he admits to sharing one trait with his crumpled creation: he's wilfully perverse.
- His considerable powers of concentration served to amplify the more extreme, uncompromising, even perverse, aspects of his personality.
- It seems his muse, once so pliable, has become perverse and wilful: I commiserate.
- The example du jour is his persistent, some might say perverse desire to ram roads through some of our last old-growth forests.
- Instead of being taken aback, he felt a perverse obstinacy rise up inside him.
- I'm one of these perverse people who will deliberately take a spite against something, just because everyone else likes it.
- Also, I'm so stubborn and perverse that her rudeness just made me more determined to get to know her.
- But I have this perverse desire to be shaved with a cut-throat razor - by an expert.
- So his decision to show the way last night smacked of a perverse desire to prove something to himself and the world.
- There is, however, an inflexibility and perverse bias already present in the environing world, and it's this which defamiliarises and removes our projects from us.
Synonyms
awkward, contrary, difficult, unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful, obstructive, disobliging, unaccommodating, troublesome, tiresome, annoying, vexatious, obstreperous, disobedient, unmanageable, uncontrollable, recalcitrant, refractory, rebellious
1. 1.1 Contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice.
  有悖常理的，反常的；不合人意的
  in two general elections the outcome was quite perverse
  两次大选中结果很反常。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Worse still, in countries where development is the central problem, uniform standards may have perverse effects.
  To argue that we are powerless to change the political environment in the face of irrational fanaticism is a perverse form of defeatism.
  If that is correct, of course, the only comparison with the steriliser's immunity, with which I am dealing, is of a perverse contrast.
  Is it about the fundamentally deluded nature of human existence, or its perverse, incorrigible optimism?
  She describes the proposed development of the old bus depot as unpopular, illogical and perverse.
  It would be utterly illogical and perverse to deal with this matter on anything other than a UK-wide basis.
  The reign of George II practically revels in this perverse transparency.
  The liar, by contrast, is concerned with the truth, in a perverse sort of fashion: he wants to lead us away from it.
  In the perverse logic of defense contracts, the more complications the better.
  So, ironically, even the economic consequences of the neo-liberal program are likely to be quite perverse in practice.
  The extension of this model to securities pricing has created a widely accepted but perverse understanding of financial markets.
  These new rules should be structured in a way that removes perverse incentives to lower standards.
  The refusal by the government to accept the best science is irrational and perverse.
  Shall I judge you by their perverse standards, until you can prove otherwise?
  Human nature is far too perverse for anything this simple to be successful!
  There is sometimes in us a perverse refusal to accept or to believe in good, a deep-seated, hardened refusal which belittles or despises good.
  It is perverse because everyone accepts that regular exercise helps reduce the risk of heart attacks, high blood pressure, obesity and even depression.
  This may seem a contradictory, even perverse, claim.
  Now, this standard has a certain perverse appeal, at least if we felt it would be universally followed.
  Making treatments free had created two perverse incentives: patients expected a treatment for every complaint, and doctors felt compelled to provide one.
  Synonyms
  illogical, irrational, unreasonable, contradictory, wrong, wrong-headed, incorrect, irregular, inappropriate, unorthodox
2. 1.2Law (of a verdict) against the weight of evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law.
  〔律〕（裁决）不合法的，不正当的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Where, however, a jury reaches a perverse verdict on the evidence, it is open to the Court of Appeal, to reverse that verdict.
  It could only do so if satisfied that the decision was so perverse that the judge must have fallen into error.
  It will also prevent unnecessary appeals in cases where a perverse jury verdict is returned.
  It is a perverse verdict and it is a miscarriage of justice in relation to costs.
  It is asserted in this appeal that the jury's verdict was perverse and that the answers were incontrovertibly unreasonable.
3. 1.3 Sexually perverted.
  性欲倒错的；性欲反常的；性变态的
  Synonyms
  perverted, depraved, unnatural, abnormal, deviant, degenerate, immoral, warped, twisted, corrupt

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘turned away from what is right or good’): from Old French pervers(e), from Latin perversus ‘turned about’, from the verb pervertere (see pervert).

单词	perverse
释义	Definition of perverse in English: perverse adjective pəˈvəːspərˈvərs 1Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable. （人或其行为）故意作对的；一意孤行的 Kate's perverse decision not to cooperate held good 凯特执意不合作的决定仍然有效。 Example sentencesExamples His considerable powers of concentration served to amplify the more extreme, uncompromising, even perverse, aspects of his personality. The example du jour is his persistent, some might say perverse desire to ram roads through some of our last old-growth forests. Instead of being taken aback, he felt a perverse obstinacy rise up inside him. His decision to work in mezzotint was partly perverse, as it was an antiquated medium so labor-intensive that it was only rarely practiced. I'm one of these perverse people who will deliberately take a spite against something, just because everyone else likes it. It seems his muse, once so pliable, has become perverse and wilful: I commiserate. But I have this perverse desire to be shaved with a cut-throat razor - by an expert. So his decision to show the way last night smacked of a perverse desire to prove something to himself and the world. I always have this perverse but burning desire to be scared, and it's hard for me to achieve this goal simply because it's hard for me to get scared. Also, I'm so stubborn and perverse that her rudeness just made me more determined to get to know her. But he admits to sharing one trait with his crumpled creation: he's wilfully perverse. There is, however, an inflexibility and perverse bias already present in the environing world, and it's this which defamiliarises and removes our projects from us. Synonyms awkward, contrary, difficult, unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful, obstructive, disobliging, unaccommodating, troublesome, tiresome, annoying, vexatious, obstreperous, disobedient, unmanageable, uncontrollable, recalcitrant, refractory, rebellious wilful, headstrong, self-willed, capricious, wayward, cross-grained, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, pertinacious, mulish, pig-headed, bull-headed, intractable, intransigent, inflexible Scottish thrawn informal cussed British informal bloody-minded, bolshie, stroppy North American informal balky archaic froward, contumacious rare contrarious 2Contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice. 有悖常理的，反常的；不合人意的 in two general elections the outcome was quite perverse 两次大选中结果很反常。 Example sentencesExamples Making treatments free had created two perverse incentives: patients expected a treatment for every complaint, and doctors felt compelled to provide one. It would be utterly illogical and perverse to deal with this matter on anything other than a UK-wide basis. These new rules should be structured in a way that removes perverse incentives to lower standards. Worse still, in countries where development is the central problem, uniform standards may have perverse effects. Now, this standard has a certain perverse appeal, at least if we felt it would be universally followed. To argue that we are powerless to change the political environment in the face of irrational fanaticism is a perverse form of defeatism. The liar, by contrast, is concerned with the truth, in a perverse sort of fashion: he wants to lead us away from it. She describes the proposed development of the old bus depot as unpopular, illogical and perverse. Shall I judge you by their perverse standards, until you can prove otherwise? This may seem a contradictory, even perverse, claim. Is it about the fundamentally deluded nature of human existence, or its perverse, incorrigible optimism? So, ironically, even the economic consequences of the neo-liberal program are likely to be quite perverse in practice. There is sometimes in us a perverse refusal to accept or to believe in good, a deep-seated, hardened refusal which belittles or despises good. If that is correct, of course, the only comparison with the steriliser's immunity, with which I am dealing, is of a perverse contrast. The reign of George II practically revels in this perverse transparency. It is perverse because everyone accepts that regular exercise helps reduce the risk of heart attacks, high blood pressure, obesity and even depression. The extension of this model to securities pricing has created a widely accepted but perverse understanding of financial markets. Human nature is far too perverse for anything this simple to be successful! In the perverse logic of defense contracts, the more complications the better. The refusal by the government to accept the best science is irrational and perverse. Synonyms illogical, irrational, unreasonable, contradictory, wrong, wrong-headed, incorrect, irregular, inappropriate, unorthodox 2.1Law (of a verdict) against the weight of evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law. 〔律〕（裁决）不合法的，不正当的 Example sentencesExamples It could only do so if satisfied that the decision was so perverse that the judge must have fallen into error. It is asserted in this appeal that the jury's verdict was perverse and that the answers were incontrovertibly unreasonable. It is a perverse verdict and it is a miscarriage of justice in relation to costs. Where, however, a jury reaches a perverse verdict on the evidence, it is open to the Court of Appeal, to reverse that verdict. It will also prevent unnecessary appeals in cases where a perverse jury verdict is returned. 3Sexually perverted. 性欲倒错的；性欲反常的；性变态的 an evil life dedicated to perverse pleasure films depicting behaviour which seemed perverse or deviant were seen as more suitable for private therapy than for public consumption Synonyms perverted, depraved, unnatural, abnormal, deviant, degenerate, immoral, warped, twisted, corrupt wicked, base, evil informal kinky, sick, pervy, sicko Derivatives perverseness noun pəˈvəːsnəspərˈvərsnəs It is submitted that there has been no perverseness here. Example sentencesExamples The blatancy of its rhetorical devices and the perverseness of its address create discomfort for serious theorists. Such Delphic obscurity was not inspired by mere perverseness. What distinguishes his recent work is an almost maternal sympathy for the perverseness of the human animal - and the twists in its fate. This is partly because he is compassionate about the suffering of ordinary Europeans, but also exasperated by their masochism and perverseness. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'turned away from what is right or good'): from Old French pervers(e), from Latin perversus 'turned about', from the verb pervertere (see pervert). Rhymes amerce, asperse, averse, biodiverse, burse, coerce, converse, curse, diverse, Erse, hearse, immerse, intersperse, nurse, perse, purse, reimburse, submerse, terce, terse, transverse, verse, worse Definition of perverse in US English: perverse adjectivepərˈvərspərˈvərs 1(of a person or their actions) showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences. （人或其行为）故意作对的；一意孤行的 Kate's perverse decision not to cooperate 凯特执意不合作的决定仍然有效。 Example sentencesExamples His decision to work in mezzotint was partly perverse, as it was an antiquated medium so labor-intensive that it was only rarely practiced. I always have this perverse but burning desire to be scared, and it's hard for me to achieve this goal simply because it's hard for me to get scared. But he admits to sharing one trait with his crumpled creation: he's wilfully perverse. His considerable powers of concentration served to amplify the more extreme, uncompromising, even perverse, aspects of his personality. It seems his muse, once so pliable, has become perverse and wilful: I commiserate. The example du jour is his persistent, some might say perverse desire to ram roads through some of our last old-growth forests. Instead of being taken aback, he felt a perverse obstinacy rise up inside him. I'm one of these perverse people who will deliberately take a spite against something, just because everyone else likes it. Also, I'm so stubborn and perverse that her rudeness just made me more determined to get to know her. But I have this perverse desire to be shaved with a cut-throat razor - by an expert. So his decision to show the way last night smacked of a perverse desire to prove something to himself and the world. There is, however, an inflexibility and perverse bias already present in the environing world, and it's this which defamiliarises and removes our projects from us. Synonyms awkward, contrary, difficult, unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful, obstructive, disobliging, unaccommodating, troublesome, tiresome, annoying, vexatious, obstreperous, disobedient, unmanageable, uncontrollable, recalcitrant, refractory, rebellious 1.1 Contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice. 有悖常理的，反常的；不合人意的 in two general elections the outcome was quite perverse 两次大选中结果很反常。 Example sentencesExamples Worse still, in countries where development is the central problem, uniform standards may have perverse effects. To argue that we are powerless to change the political environment in the face of irrational fanaticism is a perverse form of defeatism. If that is correct, of course, the only comparison with the steriliser's immunity, with which I am dealing, is of a perverse contrast. Is it about the fundamentally deluded nature of human existence, or its perverse, incorrigible optimism? She describes the proposed development of the old bus depot as unpopular, illogical and perverse. It would be utterly illogical and perverse to deal with this matter on anything other than a UK-wide basis. The reign of George II practically revels in this perverse transparency. The liar, by contrast, is concerned with the truth, in a perverse sort of fashion: he wants to lead us away from it. In the perverse logic of defense contracts, the more complications the better. So, ironically, even the economic consequences of the neo-liberal program are likely to be quite perverse in practice. The extension of this model to securities pricing has created a widely accepted but perverse understanding of financial markets. These new rules should be structured in a way that removes perverse incentives to lower standards. The refusal by the government to accept the best science is irrational and perverse. Shall I judge you by their perverse standards, until you can prove otherwise? Human nature is far too perverse for anything this simple to be successful! There is sometimes in us a perverse refusal to accept or to believe in good, a deep-seated, hardened refusal which belittles or despises good. It is perverse because everyone accepts that regular exercise helps reduce the risk of heart attacks, high blood pressure, obesity and even depression. This may seem a contradictory, even perverse, claim. Now, this standard has a certain perverse appeal, at least if we felt it would be universally followed. Making treatments free had created two perverse incentives: patients expected a treatment for every complaint, and doctors felt compelled to provide one. Synonyms illogical, irrational, unreasonable, contradictory, wrong, wrong-headed, incorrect, irregular, inappropriate, unorthodox 1.2Law (of a verdict) against the weight of evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law. 〔律〕（裁决）不合法的，不正当的 Example sentencesExamples Where, however, a jury reaches a perverse verdict on the evidence, it is open to the Court of Appeal, to reverse that verdict. It could only do so if satisfied that the decision was so perverse that the judge must have fallen into error. It will also prevent unnecessary appeals in cases where a perverse jury verdict is returned. It is a perverse verdict and it is a miscarriage of justice in relation to costs. It is asserted in this appeal that the jury's verdict was perverse and that the answers were incontrovertibly unreasonable. 1.3 Sexually perverted. 性欲倒错的；性欲反常的；性变态的 Synonyms perverted, depraved, unnatural, abnormal, deviant, degenerate, immoral, warped, twisted, corrupt Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘turned away from what is right or good’): from Old French pervers(e), from Latin perversus ‘turned about’, from the verb pervertere (see pervert).
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