- willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- characterized by or proceeding from such a determination or disposition: a perverse mood.
- wayward or cantankerous.
- persistent or obstinate in what is wrong.
- turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, or proper; wicked or corrupt.
- deliberately deviating from what is regarded as normal, good, or proper
- persistently holding to what is wrong
- wayward or contrary; obstinate; cantankerous
- perverted