Thesaurus: perverse

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1. a. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
2. a. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
3. adj. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
4. adj. resistant to guidance or discipline
5. adj. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
6. 1. word/turned">Turned word/aside">aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted. The only righteous in a word perverse. Milton. 2. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary. To so perverse a sex all grace is vain. Dryden. Syn. -- Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious. -- Perverse, Froward. One who is froward is capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse has a settled obstinacy of will, and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will of others.
7. j:100 s. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict