perverse

2 definitions • 4 examples

strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy:

Jack was being perverse and refusing to agree with anything we said.

She took a perverse pleasure in hearing that her sister was getting divorced.

having the effect of being, or intended to be, the opposite of what is usually expected or considered reasonable:

Sometimes I think he refuses to cooperate just to be perverse.

She takes perverse pleasure in shocking people.