perverseness
111obstinateness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, pertina ciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness,… …
112pertinaciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pig headedness, tenaciousness, tenacity,… …
113pertinacity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity …
114pigheadedness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, tenaciousness, tenacity,… …
115tenaciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenacity,… …
116willfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) also wilfulness noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity,… …
117Jansenism — 1650s, in reference to doctrine of Cornelius Jansen (1585 1638), Catholic bishop of Ypres, who maintained the perverseness and inability for good of the natural human will. Related: Jansenist …
118waywardness — way·ward·ness || weɪwÉ™(r)dnɪs n. changeability, perverseness; irregularity …
119perverse — adjective 1》 showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave unacceptably. ↘sexually perverted. 2》 contrary to that which is accepted or expected. ↘Law (of a verdict) against the weight of evidence or the direction of the judge.… …
120contumacy — n. 1. Obstinacy, stubbornness, doggedness, perverseness, pertinacity, headiness, obduracy. 2. Disobedience, insubordination, insolence, disrespect …
