perverse
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- abnormal, contrary, deviant, disobedient, improper, rebellious, refractory, troublesome, unhealthy
- wilful, contrary, dogged, headstrong, intractable, intransigent, obdurate, wrong-headed
- stubborn, contrary, cussed (informal), mulish, obstinate, pig-headed, stiff-necked, wayward
- ill-natured, churlish, cross, fractious, ill-tempered, peevish, stroppy (Brit. slang), surly

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Related Words: cranky, irritable, unreasonable

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

per‧verse /pəˈvɜːs $ pərˈvɜːrs/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of pervertere; ⇒ pervert¹]
behaving in an unreasonable way, especially by deliberately doing the opposite of what people want you to do ⇒ bizarre:
He gets perverse satisfaction from embarrassing people.
—perversely adverb:
Perversely, she was irritated by his kindness.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

perverse
adj.
VERBS be, seem
ADV. deeply, very This kind of reasoning is deeply perverse.
quite | almost | a little, rather, slightly, somewhat | deliberately Had you truly forgotten or were you just being deliberately perverse?

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