Synonyms for perverse
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Obstinate
headstrong, obdurate, self-willed, wrongheaded; see contrary 4, obstinate 1.
Inclined to opposition and bad temper
cranky, contrary, unreasonable; see contrary 4, irritable.
Erring
wayward, delinquent, malicious, capricious; see wicked 1. See syn. study at contrary.
See perverse in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior:
corrupt, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, miscreant, rotten, unhealthy, villainous. See clean, goodTenaciously unwilling to yield:
bullheaded, dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, pigheaded, stiff-necked, tenacious, willful. See resistGiven to acting in opposition to others:
balky, contrarious, contrary, difficult, froward, impossible, ornery, wayward. See attitude, support
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