How do you pronounce perverse?

perverse is pronounced as /pərˈvɜːrs/.

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perverse

😈perverse (pərvɛʁs)

adjective

/pərˈvɜːrs/

pervers (pervers)

pervasive perversion

Signification

showing a deliberate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable, contrary, or unacceptable

Traduction de la signification

montrer un désir délibéré de se comporter de manière déraisonnable, contraire ou inacceptable

Phrases d'exemple

He took a perverse pleasure in upsetting his colleagues.

Il éprouvait un plaisir pervers à contrarier ses collègues.

Expressions d'exemple

perverse pleasure

plaisir pervers

Synonymes

contrary, obstinate, stubborn, unreasonable, willful

Antonymes

agreeable, cooperative, compliant

Collocations

perverse behavior, perverse decision, perverse pleasure, perverse sense

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