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perverse
Someone who is perverse deliberately does things that are unreasonable or that result in harm for themselves. It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend... In some perverse way the ill-matched partners do actually need each other. ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf c darkgreen]disapproval • perversely She was perversely pleased to be causing trouble... ADV: usu ADV with v
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French purvers, pervers, from Latin perversus, from past participle of pervertere Date: 14th century 1. a. turned away from what is right or good ; corrupt b. improper, incorrect c. contrary to the evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law ~ verdict 2. a. obstinate in opposing what is right, reasonable, or accepted ; wrongheaded b. arising from or indicative of stubbornness or obstinacy 3. marked by peevishness or petulance ; cranky 4. marked by perversion ; perverted Synonyms: see contrary • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun • perversity noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 (of a person or action) deliberately or stubbornly departing from what is reasonable or required. 2 persistent in error. 3 wayward; intractable; peevish. 4 perverted; wicked. 5 (of a verdict etc.) against the weight of evidence or the judge's direction. Derivatives perversely adv. perverseness n. perversity n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: ME f. OF pervers perverse f. L perversus (as PERVERT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. порочный, извращенный; испорченный perverse fancy —- извращенное воображение 2. упрямый, упорствующий (в своей неправоте) blind and perverse incredulity —- слепое и упрямое неверие perverse neglect —- упорное пренебрежение perverse person —- упрямый человек 3. несговорчивый, капризный, своенравный a most perverse woman —- очень капризная женщина 4. неправильный, нарушающий нормы perverse proportions —- неправильные пропорции 5. превратный, ошибочный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) упрямый, упорствующий (особ. в своей неправоте); несговорчивый, капризный 2) неправильный; превратный; ошибочный (о приговоре и т.п.) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj continuing to behave in an unreasonable way, especially by deliberately doing the opposite of what people want you to do (He gets some kind of perverse satisfaction from embarrassing people.) - ~ly adv - ~ness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., from O.Fr. pervers, from L. perversus "turned away (from what is right), contrary, askew," pp. of pervertere "to corrupt" (see pervert). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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