perverseness
11perverseness — See: perverse …
12perverseness — noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: ↑contrariness, ↑perversity • Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse, ↑perverse (for: ↑perversity), ↑ …
13perversity — noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: ↑contrariness, ↑perverseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse (for: ↑perverseness), ↑perverse, ↑ …
14Contumacies — Contumacy Con tu*ma*cy, n.; pl. {Contumacies}. [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. {Contemn}.] 1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. [1913 Webster] The …
15Contumacy — Con tu*ma*cy, n.; pl. {Contumacies}. [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. {Contemn}.] 1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. [1913 Webster] The bishop… …
16El demonio de la perversidad — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El demonio de la perversidad ( The Imp of the Perverse en el original en inglés) es un relato corto del escritor norteamericano Edgar Allan Poe del año 1845. La obra trata esencialmente de los impulsos… …
17perversity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. obstinacy, obduracy, perverseness, mulishness, cussedness (sl.); waywardness, unconformity; contumacy, wickedness. See irascibility. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being… …
18caprice — caprice, freak, fancy, whim, whimsy, conceit, vagary, crotchet are comparable when denoting an arbitrary notion that usually lacks a logical basis and therefore may be unsound, impractical, or even irrational. Caprice emphasizes the lack of… …
19contrariness — noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: ↑perversity, ↑perverseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse (for: ↑perverseness), ↑perverse ( …
20Contrariness — Con tra*ri*ness, n. state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy. [1913 Webster] …
