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perverseness

perverseness noun: the quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.

Noun

perverseness (countable and uncountable, plural perversenesses)

  1. The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.
    • Wherefore, thus ſaith the holy one of Iſrael, Becauſe ye deſpise this word, and truſt in oppreſſion and peruerſeneſſe, and ſtay thereon: Therefore this iniquitie ſhalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, ſwelling out in a high wall, whoſe breaking commeth ſuddenly at an inſtant.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 30:12–13, column 1

perverseness meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

perverseness in Tamil

ஏறுக்குமாறு, திருக்கு, தாறுமாறு

perverseness in Bengali

একগুঁয়ে, বিকৃত হওয়ার গুণ, অবাধ্যতা

perverseness in Kannada

ವಿಪರ್ಯಯ, ವಿಪರ್ಯಾಯ, ಚೊಂಗ, ಚೊಂಗು, ಚೊಂಚ, ಚೊಂಚು

Forms of perverseness

pluralperversenesses

Origin of perverseness

From perverse + -ness.

Questions about perverseness

What does perverseness mean?
Perverseness means the quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.
What is perverseness in Tamil?
Perverseness in Tamil is ஏறுக்குமாறு, திருக்கு, தாறுமாறு. See Perverseness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is perverseness?
Perverseness is a noun.
What is the plural of perverseness?
The plural of perverseness is perversenesses.

Words near perverseness in the dictionary

  1. perverbs
  2. perverse
  3. perversed
  4. perversedly
  5. perversely
  6. perverseness
  7. perversenesses
  8. perverser
  9. perverses
  10. perversest
  11. perversing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perverseness (page history and authors); perverseness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perverseness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perverseness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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