🔄Perversity

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.

Example Sentences

His perversity in refusing help frustrated everyone.

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

Synonyms

obstinacy, contrariness, stubbornness, wilfulness, willfulness

Entry 1

obstinacy, contrariness, stubbornness, wilfulness

Entry 2

obstinacy, stubbornness, contrariness, willfulness

Antonyms

reasonableness, compliance, cooperation, flexibility, obedience, agreement

Entry 1

reasonableness, compliance, cooperation, flexibility

Entry 2

obedience, compliance, agreement

Collocations

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

Entry 1

act of perversity, show perversity, human perversity

Entry 2

sheer perversity, human perversity, perversity of fate