Contrary, perverse, restive, balky, wayward mean inclined to resist authority or control In their connotations, the forms perverse and perversity lean more toward the sense of vexing, contrary, while perverted and perversion lean more toward the sense of sexually deviant and immoral, but the division is not strict or consistent. Contrary implies a temperamental unwillingness to accept orders or advice.
Jack was being perverse and refusing to agree with anything we said Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. She took a perverse pleasure in hearing that her sister was getting divorced.
See examples of perverse used in a sentence. Someone who is perverse deliberately does things that are unreasonable or that result in harm for themselves. Characterized by or resulting from willful opposition or resistance to what is right, expected, or reasonable Geneticists have the perverse habit of naming genes by what goes wrong when they mutate (richard dawkins).
Definition of perverse adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
