🔄Perversity (perversidad)

noun
/pərˈvɜr.sə.ti/
perversidad; obstinación; (perversidad; obstinacion;)

Meaning

deliberate determination to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; the quality of being contrary or obstinate
A deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way.
Traducción del significado
determinación deliberada de comportarse de una manera irracional o inaceptable; la cualidad de ser contrario u obstinado
determinacion deliberada de comportarse de una manera irracional o inaceptable; la cualidad de ser contrario u obstinado

Oraciones de ejemplo

His perversity in refusing help frustrated everyone.

su perversidad al rechazar ayuda frustró a todos.
su perversidad al rechazar ayuda frustro a todos.

Out of sheer perversity, he refused to follow the simple instructions.

Por pura perversidad, se negó a seguir las simples instrucciones.
Por pura perversidad, se negó a seguir las simples instrucciones.

Synonyms

obstinacy, contrariness, stubbornness, wilfulness, willfulness
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obstinacy, contrariness, stubbornness, wilfulness
Entrada 2
obstinacy, stubbornness, contrariness, willfulness

Antonyms

reasonableness, compliance, cooperation, flexibility, obedience, agreement
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reasonableness, compliance, cooperation, flexibility
Entrada 2
obedience, compliance, agreement

Colocaciones

act of perversity, show perversity, human perversity, sheer perversity, perversity of fate
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act of perversity, show perversity, human perversity
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sheer perversity, human perversity, perversity of fate

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