English noun: perverseness | |||
1. | perverseness (attribute) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | ||
Synonyms | contrariness, perversity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cussedness, orneriness | ||
2. | perverseness (attribute) deliberately deviating from what is good | ||
Samples | There will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism. | ||
Synonyms | perversity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | evil, evilness | ||