Meaning & use
perverse
Deliberately behaving in a way that is unreasonable or contrary to what is expected or right.
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It seemed perverse of him to reject the promotion he had worked so hard for.
There's a perverse satisfaction in finishing the hardest task on the list first.
A note on using this word
"Perverse" implies a willful, almost stubborn insistence on the wrong or unexpected choice, not simple error.
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