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Meanings of perversity in inglés

catalán
perversitat
español
terquedad

Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline.

terquedad
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Examples for "perverseness"
Examples for "perverseness"
1
There was neither self-will, perverseness, nor antagonism, in this; but paralysis instead.
The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
2
There is another exhibition of perverseness which we sometimes see in families.
Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays
3
There is often a perverseness in inanimate things which is beyond endurance.
The Lost Trail
4
It is not from humour, from perverseness, that I insist upon this.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3
5
Such is the perverseness of the feminine nature, even in Morovenia.
The Slim Princess
1
The innate contrariness of things seemed to be blocking all his plans.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 / Little J...
2
It seems that the artistic personality has a certain contrariness to it.
Corduroy mansions
3
Nevertheless the British soldiers, with characteristic contrariness, declared their preference for it.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
4
Jack ran away of his own free-will, and out of downright contrariness.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
5
There is at least as much contrariness in your character as in mine.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
Usage of perversity in inglés
1
Passages in his letters are almost comical in their perversity of misjudgment.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
2
It was weakness; it was this disease of perversity overcoming his will.
Under Western Eyes
3
That was in our list, but the perversity of the time-table forbade.
Familiar Spanish Travels
4
Through Him the leper recovered from the leprosy of perversity and ignorance.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
5
With even more perversity, one might judge Paley's observation as undoubtedly correct.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
6
She wondered if that were anything more meaningful than just natural perversity.
The Visioning: A Novel
7
The choicest of them will furnish us examples of a strange perversity.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
8
Despite this perversity, there was an integrity to Alan that commanded respect.
A week in december
9
With the usual perversity of your sex you pursue a pig policy.
The Luckiest Girl in the School
10
The matter begins and ends with the boy's own perversity and folly.
The Woman in White
11
As usual, when perversity defends, the pleading reached the judge too late.
The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
12
Your office may be stored with records of human perversity and whimsicality.
Young Lives
13
And what seemed to him her stubborn perversity drove him to despair.
Delia Blanchflower
14
Under her sauciest rattle of fun or perversity lurked some subtle meaning.
At Last: A Novel
15
He besought her not to ruin her parent by such monstrous perversity.
The Way We Live Now
16
But-perhaps it was from perversity-herwarning only served to strengthen his determination.
Charles Rex
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catalán
perversitat
Perversity through the time
Perversity across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common