noun
1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
• Syn: ↑perversity, ↑perverseness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse (for: ↑perverseness), ↑perverse (for: ↑perversity), ↑contrary
• Hypernyms: ↑unruliness, ↑fractiousness, ↑willfulness, ↑wilfulness
• Hyponyms: ↑cussedness, ↑orneriness
2. a fussy and eccentric disposition
• Syn: ↑crankiness, ↑crotchetiness, ↑grumpiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑grumpy (for: ↑grumpiness), ↑crotchety (for: ↑crotchetiness), ↑cranky (for: ↑crankiness)
• Hypernyms: ↑ill nature
Useful english dictionary. 2012.