(adj-na) persistent
obstinate
tenacious
relentless
insistent
importunate
persevering
stubborn
(n) contracted sound
palatised sound
(v1,vi) to curve
to twist
to be rebellious
(v5r,vt) (1) (uk) to screw
to twist
(2) to distort
to parody
to make a pun
(3) to torture
to wrest
(v1,vi) to be peevish
to sulk
to pout
(n) perverse individual
cynic
misanthrope
(v5s) to make worse (e.g. disease)
to aggravate
to complicate
(v1,vi) to get complicated
to grow worse
to turn sour
(v1,vi) (uk) to twist
to wrench
to screw
(v1,vi) to curve
to twist
to be rebellious
(v1,vt) (uk) to aggravate
to complicate
to make worse