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Braddock Journal
From Rock Bottom to Showing Signs of Life
By DAVID STREITFELD
As Americans wonder just how horrible the economy will become, Braddock, Pa., offers a perverse message of hope: Things cannot possibly get any worse than they are here.
Video: Braddock Rises From the AshesDefinition
vilify
[T] FORMAL
to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them:
He was vilified by the press as a monster of perversity.
vilification
noun [U] FORMAL
perverse Show phonetics
adjective DISAPPROVING
strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy:
Jack was being perverse and refusing to agree with anything we said.
She took a perverse pleasure in hearing that her sister was getting divorced.
perversely Show phonetics
adverb
The best way to understand this book is to start, perversely, at the end.
perversity Show phonetics
noun [U]
See also perversity at pervert.
to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them:
He was vilified by the press as a monster of perversity.
vilification
noun [U] FORMAL
vil・i・fy
━━ vt. けなす; 中傷する.
vil・i・fi・ca・tion
━━ n. 悪口, 中傷.
perverse Show phonetics vil・i・fi・ca・tion ━━ n. 悪口, 中傷.adjective DISAPPROVING
strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy:
Jack was being perverse and refusing to agree with anything we said.
She took a perverse pleasure in hearing that her sister was getting divorced.
perversely Show phonetics
adverb
The best way to understand this book is to start, perversely, at the end.
perversity Show phonetics
noun [U]
See also perversity at pervert.
per・verse
━━ a. つむじ曲りの, 強情な; あいにくの; 邪悪な.
per・verse・ly ━━ ad.
per・verse・ness ━━ n.
per・ver・sion
━━ n. 曲解; 堕落; 悪用; 悪化; （性的）倒錯.
per・ver・si・ty ━━ n. つむじ曲り, 強情; 邪悪; ひねくれた行為; 倒錯行為.
per・ver・sive
━━ a. 曲解する; 誤らせる.
per・verse・ly ━━ ad. per・verse・ness ━━ n. per・ver・sion ━━ n. 曲解; 堕落; 悪用; 悪化; （性的）倒錯. per・ver・si・ty ━━ n. つむじ曲り, 強情; 邪悪; ひねくれた行為; 倒錯行為. per・ver・sive ━━ a. 曲解する; 誤らせる.
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