English-Thai Dictionary

perversity

N ความผิดปกติ  ความวิปริต  การ ไม่ เหมือน ชาวบ้าน  wrongheadedness kwam-pid-pok-ka-ti

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERVERSITY

n.Perverseness; crossness; disposition to thwart or cross.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERVERSITY

Per *ver "si *ty, n. Etym: [L. perversitas: cf. F. perversité. ]

 

Defn: The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

perversity

per ver si ty |pərˈvərsitē | ▶noun ( pl. perversities ) 1 a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness: they responded with typical perversity. 2 the quality of being contrary to accepted standards or practice: the perversity of being able to carry a gun but not purchase a drink. 3 the quality of being sexually perverted.

 

Oxford Dictionary

perversity

per |vers ¦ity |pəˈvəːsɪti | ▶noun ( pl. perversities ) 1 a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness: they responded with typical perversity. 2 the quality of being contrary to accepted standards or practice; unreasonableness: the perversity of being able to carry a gun but not purchase a drink. 3 the quality of being sexually perverted.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

perversity

perversity noun 1 out of sheer perversity, he refused: contrariness, awkwardness, recalcitrance, stubbornness, obstinacy, obduracy, mulishness, pigheadedness; formal refractoriness. 2 the perversity of the decision: unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, wrong-headedness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

perversity

perversity noun 1 some streak of perversity made her refuse his offer: contrariness, perverseness, awkwardness, unreasonableness, difficultness, waywardness, capriciousness, wilfulness, refractoriness, stubbornness, obstinacy, obduracy, mulishness, pig-headedness; informal cussedness; Brit. informal bloody-mindedness; archaic frowardness. 2 the perversity of the decision: unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, wrong-headedness, irregularity, inappropriateness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

perversity

per ver si ty /pə r və́ː r səti /名詞 複 -ties U 片意地, つむじ曲がり ; 邪悪 ; C ひねくれた行い ; 倒錯行為 .