Perverseness, n.
- 1. Obstinacy, stubbornness, wilfulness, waywardness, perversity.
- 2. Petulance, peevishness, churlishness, moroseness, surliness, ill-temper, perversity.
Perversion, n. Impairment, injury, vitiation, corruption, debasement, prostitution, abasement.
Perversity, n. See perverseness.
Pervert, v. a.
- 1. Distort, stretch, falsify, make an ill use of, misinterpret.
- 2. Entice, tempt, corrupt.
- 3. Convert, proselyte.
Pervert, n. Apostate, proselyte.
Pervious, a. Permeable, penetrable.
Pest, n.
- 1. Plague, pestilence, infection, fatal epidemic, infectious disease.
- 2. Bane, scourge, curse, infliction, nuisance, great annoyance, plague.
Pester, v. a.
- 1. Disturb, annoy, harass, provoke, nettle, trouble, plague, vex, tease, hector, harry, molest, bother, worry,
fret, gall, bore, incommode, disquiet, infest, torment, badger, chafe, irritate.
- 2. Crowd, infest, encumber, fill.
Pest-house, n. Lazar-house, hospital, lazaretto.
Pestiferous, a.
- 1. Pestilential, infectious, contagious, pest-bearing, infected, malignant, morbific.
- 2. Noxious, mischievous, venomous, malignant, vexatious, troublesome, malign, injurious, destructive.