Perverseness
[pə'və:snis]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being perverse.
Typist: Mabel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Petulance, peevishness, churlishness, moroseness, surliness, ill-temper, perversity.
Checker: Michelle
Examples
- But this, from the momentary perverseness of impatient suffering, she at first refused to do. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- And this, this conjunction with her, which was his highest fulfilment also, with the perverseness of a wilful child he wanted to deny. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I suppose I am influenced by pure perverseness? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She blushed again and again over the perverseness of the meeting. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It is very hard to think that she might have been Mr. Collins's wife by this time, had it not been for her own perverseness. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You had better grin at your own perverseness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Mamie