Vocabolario

perverse

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He took a perverse pleasure in failure.”

Sinonimi: contrary, twisted

Antonimi: normal

succumb

Verbo

Esempio: “He did not succumb to pressure.”

Sinonimi: yield, give in

Antonimi: resist

violence

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Violence is never a good answer.”

Sinonimi: force, aggression

Antonimi: peace

perversity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Out of sheer perversity, he chose the worst option.”

Sinonimi: contrariness, depravity

Antonimi: reasonableness, decency

compliance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The company must prove compliance with safety rules.”

Sinonimi: obedience, conformity

Antonimi: violation, resistance

compliantly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The child sat compliantly and listened.”

Sinonimi: obediently, submissively

Antonimi: defiantly, resistantly

defy

Verbo

Esempio: “He chose to defy the unfair rule.”

Sinonimi: resist, challenge

Antonimi: obey

blandishment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She resisted the blandishments of people seeking favors.”

Sinonimi: flattery

Antonimi: criticism

inert

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The system remained inert until we restarted it.”

Sinonimi: inactive

Antonimi: active

stiff

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His muscles felt stiff.”

Sinonimi: rigid

Antonimi: flexible

recalcitrant

/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/

Esempio: “A recalcitrant client refused to cooperate.”

Sinonimi: defiant, intractable, refractory