perverse
/pərˈvɜrs/
adjective
- Showing a deliberate and stubborn desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often opposite to what is expected.
- He took perverse pleasure in proving his teacher wrong.
- She had a perverse habit of arguing against any plan, even good ones.
- It seems perverse to spend so much money on a car when you can't afford rent.
- Contrary to what is considered normal, correct, or morally right.
- Some critics called the new law perverse because it punished the victims.
- The movie's perverse ending shocked audiences with its twisted logic.
- A perverse sense of justice led him to break the rules himself.
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