perverse
adjective
[ pəˈvəːs ]
• showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.
• "Kate's perverse decision not to cooperate held good"
Similar:
awkward,
contrary,
difficult,
unreasonable,
uncooperative,
unhelpful,
obstructive,
disobliging,
unaccommodating,
troublesome,
tiresome,
annoying,
vexatious,
obstreperous,
disobedient,
unmanageable,
uncontrollable,
recalcitrant,
refractory,
rebellious,
wilful,
headstrong,
self-willed,
capricious,
wayward,
cross-grained,
stubborn,
obstinate,
obdurate,
pertinacious,
mulish,
pig-headed,
bull-headed,
intractable,
intransigent,
inflexible,
thrawn,
cussed,
bloody-minded,
bolshie,
stroppy,
balky,
froward,
contumacious,
contrarious,
• contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice.
• "in two general elections the outcome was quite perverse"
Similar:
illogical,
irrational,
unreasonable,
contradictory,
wrong,
wrong-headed,
incorrect,
irregular,
inappropriate,
unorthodox,
backasswards,
• sexually perverted.
• "an evil life dedicated to perverse pleasure"
Similar:
perverted,
depraved,
unnatural,
abnormal,
deviant,
degenerate,
immoral,
warped,
twisted,
corrupt,
wicked,
base,
evil,
kinky,
sick,
pervy,
sicko,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘turned away from what is right or good’): from Old French pervers(e ), from Latin perversus ‘turned about’, from the verb pervertere (see pervert).
