marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"
Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted
marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
disapproval Someone who is perverse deliberately does things that are unreasonable or that result in harm for themselves. It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend In some perverse way the ill-matched partners do actually need each other. + perversely per·verse·ly She was perversely pleased to be causing trouble. behaving in an unreasonable way, especially by deliberately doing the opposite of what people want you to do (past participle of pervertere; PERVERT)