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sion, downfall, labefaction, detriment; degradation, depredation, vitiation, debasement, abasement, impairment, reduction, lowering; pollution, contamination, adulteration, infection; defilement, desecration, debauchery, profanity; violation, abuse, injury, harm, ruination. perversity, n. 1. contrariness, contradictoriness, contradictiousness, Archaic, contrariousness, contrariety, contumaciousness, contumacity, contumacy, frowardness, seditiousness, refractoriness, querulousness; waywardness, disobedience, intransigence, intransigency, wrong-headedness.
2. aberration, aberrance, aberrancy, deviation, irregularity, variation; abnormality, anomaly; oddity, peculiarity, incongruity; monstrosity, freak, mutant, heteroclite; strangeness, oddness, incongruousness, queerness.
3. cantankerousness, quarrelsomeness, irascibility, irascibleness, contentiousness, obstreperousness, touchiness, testiness, churlishness, crustiness, edginess, Inf. grouchiness, Inf. crabbiness; peevishness, crossness, captiousness, petulance, Rare. petulancy, pique, vexation, pettiness, huffiness; surliness, bearishness, currishness, Sl. bitchiness; sullenness, sourness, moodiness, spleen, fractiousness, atrabiliousness, biliousness, virulence, acerbity; spitefulness, hatefulness, invidiousness.
4. persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, perseverance, indomitability, indomitableness, constancy, assiduousness, sedulousness, diligence, zeal, zealousness, zealotry; obstinance, obstinacy, intractability, intractableness, obdurateness, resolution, inflexibility, inflexibleness, stubbornness, doggedness, mulishness, hard-headedness, pigheadedness; willfulness, wantonness, deliberation, intent.
5. perversion, pervertedness, corruption, cor-ruptedness, immorality, unprincipledness, unscrupulousness, dissolution, profligateness, depravity, degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration; malevolence, malignancy, maliciousness, maleficence, evil-mindedness; evil, evilness, iniquity, iniquitousness, baseness, foulness, lowness, sinfulness. perversive, adj. 1. perverting, corrupting, corruptive, deteriorating, degenerating, degenerative, corroding, corrosive; vitiating, debasing, degrading, lowering, reducing; defiling, demoralizing, seducing, subverting, leading astray, desecrating, debauching, deflowering, profaning, violating, abusing, ruining; polluting, contaminating, adulterating, diluting, alloying, infecting, poisoning, tainting, spoiling, marring, fouling, befouling, soiling, sullying; weakening, debilitating, enervating.
2. distorting, twisting, warping, garbling, Fig. butchering, Fig. mutilating; prejudicial, biased, unfavorable, disadvantageous.
3. harmful, hurtful, nocent, pernicious, deleterious, injurious, detrimental, insalubrious, noxious, virulent, ruinous, destructive; crippling, damaging, scathing, impairing; dangerous, hazardous, unsafe; deadly, mortal, lethal. pervert, v. 1. divert, deflect, turn, turn away, turn aside, avert, sidetrack, switch, Obs. prevaricate; wrench, wrest, wring, skew, shunt.
2. seduce, corrupt, subvert, demoralize, lead astray, lead away; tempt, allure, entice, inveigle; trap, entrap, snare, ensnare.
3. mislead, misguide, misdirect, misadvise, sophisticate; misinform, misexplain, misexpound, misexplicate; misinstruct, misteach, miseducate, miscorrect; delude, beguile, deceive, trick, hoax, dupe, take in.
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