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Adjectives (9)

perverse

adj. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"

depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate

adj. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

Fuzzynyms (83)

difficult, hard

adj. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

inconvenient

adj. not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

intricate

adj. having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate; "intricate lacework"

confusing, perplexing, puzzling

adj. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"

godless, irreverent

adj. not revering god

blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious

adj. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"

profane, secular

adj. not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

evil, vicious

adj. having the nature of vice

evil

adj. morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

iniquitous, sinful, ungodly

adj. characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts"

wicked

adj. morally bad in principle or practice

debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast

adj. unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly

adj. lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"

unprincipled

adj. having little or no integrity

uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable

adj. incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly

adj. of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

uncontrollable, unmanageable

adj. difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"

recalcitrant

adj. marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"

stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate

adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

intractable

adj. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"

dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

adj. stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

erring, error-prone

adj. capable of making an error; "all men are error-prone"

aberrant, deviant, deviate

adj. markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

mutinous

adj. disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate"

rebellious

adj. resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"

uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible

adj. not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"

unservile, unsubmissive

adj. not servile or submissive

naughty

adj. badly behaved; "a naughty boy"

insubordinate

adj. not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"

negative

adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

disapproving

adj. expressing or manifesting disapproval

disorderly

adj. undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

impetuous

adj. marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves"

unmanageable, difficult

adj. hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

refractory, recalcitrant

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

wild, untamed

adj. in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"

Synonyms (28)

antagonistic, counter

adj. indicating opposition or resistance

negative, disconfirming

adj. not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"

minus, negative

adj. involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"

non

adj. (prefix) reverse of or absence of: "`nonhuman' is a negative term"

corrupted, debased, vitiated

adj. ruined in character or quality

corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal

adj. capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"

sordid

adj. meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

Praetorian, Pretorian

adj. characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.

putrid

adj. morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"

froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

recusant

adj. refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams

fractious, refractory, recalcitrant

adj. stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

Antonyms (3)

obedient

adj. dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke

dutiful, duteous

adj. willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

perverse

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