MEANING
Deliberately contrary to what seems sensible, appropriate, or desirable.
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Words that belong together
- perverse decision
- perverse pleasure
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A perverse decision sent him back toward the place he feared.
She took a perverse pleasure in disproving her own hopes.
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- perverse
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more perverse; superlative most perverse where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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