perverse
/pəˈvəːs/
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American sound/pəˈvəːs/
pəˈvəːs
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pə - ˈvəːs -> perverse
Myanmar meaning
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ကကြီကကြောင်နိုင်သော။ ပေတိပေကတ်နိုင်သော။ မလျော်ကန်သော။ ကတ်သီးကတ်သတ်နိုင်သော။ အရွဲ့တိုက်သော။ a perverse child ❍ a perverse decision/ judgement (ie one that ignores the facts or evidence) ❍ a perverse desire to shock ❍ his perverse refusal to see a doctor ❍ It would be perverse to take a different view. ❍ She takes a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents.
❏ perversely adv ပေကတ်ကတ်နှင့်။ She continued, perversely, to wear shoes that hurt her feet. perversity n [U]
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wicked, bad, mean, vicious, aberrant, abnormal, awkward, bad-tempered, cantankerous, capricious, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, corrupt, crabby, cross, degenerate, delinquent, depraved, deviant, difficult, disobedient, dogged, erring, fractious, hard-nosed, headstrong, intractable, intransigent, irrational, irritable, miscreant, mulish, nefarious, obdurate, obstinate, ornery; troublesome, pertinacious, petulant, pigheaded, rebellious, refractory, rotten, self-willed, spiteful, stubborn, tenacious, unhealthy, unmanageable, unreasonable, unyielding, villainous, wayward, willful
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