Perverse

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  • adjective. Contrary to what is right or good; wicked or depraved.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Characterized by or resulting from willful opposition or resistance to what is right, expected, or reasonable.
  • adjective. Willfully opposing or resisting what is right, expected, or reasonable.
  • adjective. Having an effect opposite to what is intended or expected.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Turned away or deviating from what is right, proper, correct, etc.; perverted.
  • Obstinate in the wrong; disposed to be contrary; stubborn; untractable; self-willed.
  • Cross; petulant; peevish; disposed to cross and vex.
  • Untoward: as, ‘event perverse!
  • noun. A geometrical form related to another (of which it is said t. be the perverse) as the form of the image of an object in a plane mirror is to that of the object itself.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
  • adjective. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
  • adjective. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
  • adjective. Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
  • adjective. resistant to guidance or discipline
  • adjective. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
  • Word Usage
    "I have what I call perverse desire, which I think is key to being an artist of any kind."
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