SkyfireDict

perverse   (TTS Sound)

The adj perverse has 3 senses

• perverse -- (marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans")


• contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward -- (resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior")


• depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate -- (deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat")