sheer perversity

Frequency: 6.54.2 per million words

Used to emphasize that the perversity is the sole or main reason for an action.

perversityADJECTIVE + perversity

Categories:

sheer

Examples (10)

  • She's marrying him out of sheer perversity.
  • His refusal to cooperate seemed to stem from sheer perversity.
  • It was sheer perversity that made him choose the opposite opinion.
  • They continued arguing, perhaps out of sheer perversity.
  • The child's actions were driven by sheer perversity rather than logic.
  • Ignoring all advice, she acted with sheer perversity.
  • Sometimes, people do things purely out of sheer perversity.
  • He deliberately chose the harder path, a display of sheer perversity.
  • The decision to derail the project was motivated by sheer perversity.
  • One might wonder if their persistence was just sheer perversity.