perverse
//pərˈvɜːrs//
Adjective
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1
Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences.
She took a perverse pleasure in refusing to help, even though it would have been easy.
2
Contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice; wrongly self-willed or stubborn.
He took a perverse pleasure in refusing to follow the rules.
3
Sexually abnormal or unnatural; perverted.
The novel was banned for its perverse content.