perverse
/pərˈvɜrs/ adjDefinition
› 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.
(Definition of perverse adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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