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Perverse Per‧Verse Pəˈvɜːs Pərˈvɜːrs Adjective Behaving Unreasonable Deliberately

Front perverse
Back per‧verse /pəˈvɜːs $ pərˈvɜːrs/ adjective
behaving in an unreasonable way, especially by deliberately doing the opposite of what people want you to do → bizarre:
He gets perverse satisfaction from embarrassing people.
—perversely adverb:
Perversely, she was irritated by his kindness.

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