Chapter Perverseness to Pickedness of P by Soule's Synonymes

Perverseness to Pickedness

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.