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Search phrase: perverse

Plays

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Henry VI Part 11H6 III.i.29If I were covetous, ambitious, or perverse,If I were couetous, ambitious, or peruerse,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.129To bear with their perverse objections,To beare with their peruerse Obiections:
King Edward IIIE3 IV.ii.35As wilful stubbornness hath made perverse.As wilfull stubbornnes hath made peruerse.
Romeo and JulietRJ II.ii.96I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay,Ile frowne and be peruerse, and say thee nay,
Twelfth NightTN V.i.110What, to perverseness? You uncivil lady,What to peruersenesse? you vnciuill Ladie
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.ii.28Ay, and perversely she persevers so.I, and peruersly, she perseuers so:

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.1157 Perverse it shall be where it shows most toward, Peruerse it shall be, where it showes most toward,

Glossary

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athwartthwartingly, perversely, going against one's plans
awkwardperverse, inept, wrong-headed
crookedmalignant, perverse, contrary, devious
crossperverse, contrarious, contradictory
crotchetstrange notion, perverse idea, whimsical fancy
frowardperverse, obstinate, wilful, ungovernable
kamcrooked, misleading, perverse
peevishobstinate, perverse, self-willed [contrast modern sense of ‘irritable, morose’]
perverseobstinate, stubborn, intransigent
preposterouslyout of the normal course of events, unnaturally, perversely
thwartperverse, obstinate, stubborn
thwartingmalign, adverse, perverse
untowardstubborn, difficult, perverse
waywardperverse, unreasonable, awkward

Thesaurus

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idea, perversecrotchet
perverseawkward
perversecross
perversecrooked
perversethwart
perversethwarting
perverseuntoward
perversewayward
perversepeevish
perversekam
perversefroward
perverse ideacrotchet
perverselyathwart
perverselypreposterously

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PERVERSEBASICperverse adj, perversely adv, perverseness n, pervert v

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