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Significados de perverse en inglés

Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good.

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Resistant to guidance or discipline.

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Examples for "contrary"
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He said the Government would present a scientific opinion to the contrary.
Radio NZ
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But most of the empirical evidence thus far points to the contrary.
Wired
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Not that debate on this issue should be suppressed, quite the contrary.
The Irish Times
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But political conditions have a tendency of changing unannounced-andcontrary to reason.
Wired
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Quite the contrary, he listened to every word with the greatest concern.
Complete Books of Blood
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In fact, at the time, I thought he was simply being obstinate.
Death at La Fenice
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The contest was obstinate, and terminated in the death of the challenger.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
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She was not wilful; she was not obstinate; she gave him affection.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
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Now they thought her obstinate refusal was a result of Scobie's influence.
The new yorker
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On this issue the dispute in the convention was obstinate and irreconcilable.
The Negro and the Nation / A History of American Slavery and Enf...
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Perhaps the biggest alterations involve the health conditions of the wayward lovers.
Reuters
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And he almost did, despite a wayward drive, and the short approach.
The Guardian
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Homeowner associations typically have the right to place liens against wayward residents.
Reuters
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She was fourteen at this time; altogether exquisite and charming and wayward.
Aladdin O'Brien
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I have been wayward at times; I beg pardon of you all.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History

Deviating from what is considered right or proper or good.

Perverse.

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Uso de perverse en inglés
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Things are tough. Hazel Blears MP said sanctions led to 'perverse outcomes'.
The Guardian
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In its typical, perverse way, the award went to Klaxons that year.
The Guardian
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It also demonstrates, in a perverse way, real progress in racial equality.
Reuters
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As always with a target, it is likely to create perverse behaviour.
The Guardian
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The Legislature was still stiff-necked and perverse in regard to the system.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
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They say that creates a perverse incentive to employ fewer qualifed workers.
Radio NZ
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People have a perverse desire to buy high, sell low, Fisher said.
Reuters
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Our perverse nod to the Mantle exhibited cruelty far beyond simple extinction.
Halo Silentium
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I never saw so perverse and self-willed a child in my life.
The Iron Rule; Or, Tyranny in the Household
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All I know is that she was dealing with a perverse individual.
Three stations: an arkady renko novel
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It sounded almost perverse to us until we received the formal notification.
The new yorker
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It's that perverse optimism that Mark Ronson captures in Late Night Feelings.
The Guardian
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This is, by the way, a perverse theory that Philip completely endorses.
The new yorker
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Quite the opposite -she took a perverse enjoyment from that, too.
The Naked God
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Sometimes they are deliberately perverse, and obscure... But it was no good.
Julian
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I love this. That's perverse, and such a person surely doesn't exist.
The Guardian
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