perverse

/(ˌ)pər-ˈvərs/

Middle English, from Anglo-French purvers, pervers, from Latin perversus, from past participle of pervertere

adjective

  1. turned away from what is right or good : corrupt

  2. improper, incorrect

  3. contrary to the evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law

contrary perverse restive balky wayward mean inclined to resist authority or control. contrary implies a temperamental unwillingness to accept orders or advice. perverse may imply wrongheaded, determined, or cranky opposition to what is reasonable or normal.

adjective

  1. relating to or exhibiting infantile sexual tendencies in which the genitals are not yet identified as the sole or principal sexual organs nor coitus as the goal of erotic activity