different between irritable vs perverse
irritable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????t?bl/
Adjective
irritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)
- Capable of being irritated.
- Easily exasperated or excited.
- an irritable old man
- (medicine) Responsive to stimuli.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:irritable
Derived terms
- irritably
- irritability
- irritable bowel syndrome
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /i.ri?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i.ri?ta.ble/
Adjective
irritable (masculine and feminine plural irritables)
- irritable
Related terms
- irritabilitat
- irritant
- irritar
Further reading
- “irritable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Adjective
irritable
- definite of irritabel
- plural of irritabel
French
Adjective
irritable (plural irritables)
- irritable
Related terms
- irritabilité
- irritant
- irriter
Further reading
- “irritable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
irritable
- definite singular of irritabel
- plural of irritabel
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
irritable
- definite singular of irritabel
- plural of irritabel
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin irr?t?bilis. Cognate with English irritable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iri?table/, [i.ri?t?a.??le]
Adjective
irritable (plural irritables)
- irritable, cranky, testy, tetchy, prickly, snappy, snarky, irritated
Derived terms
- síndrome del intestino irritable
Related terms
- irritabilidad
- irritante
- irritar
Further reading
- “irritable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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perverse
English
Etymology
From Old French pervers, from Latin perversum, past participle of pervertere > per- 'thoroughly' + vertere 'to turn'. So, "thoroughly turned".
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p??v?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??v??s/
- Hyphenation: per?verse
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Adjective
perverse (comparative more perverse or perverser, superlative most perverse or perversest)
- Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
- I felt most alive when I felt most perverse. At college, sleeping with boys had a perverse quality. I slept with a boy friend of one of my girl friends, and I was proud of it. I bragged about it because I had done something perverse. Another time, I slept with a man, fat and ugly, who paid me for it. I was very proud. I felt I had the ability to do something different.
- Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
- (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
Antonyms
- docile
- innocent
Derived terms
- perversely
- perverseness
- perversity
Translations
Anagrams
- persever, preserve
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
perverse
- Inflected form of pervers
French
Adjective
perverse
- feminine singular of pervers
Anagrams
- préserve, préservé
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
perverse
- inflection of pervers:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
perverse
- feminine plural of perverso
Latin
Participle
perverse
- vocative masculine singular of perversus
References
- perverse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perverse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perverse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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