perverse

Definition

  • adjective: wrong or different in a way that others feel is strange or offensive
  • adjective: turned away from what is right or good
  • synonyms: corrupt, petulant, ungovernable

Examples

  • He seems to take 'perverse' pleasure/delight in making things as difficult as possible.

  • His friends all enjoy his 'perverse' sense of humor.

  • She has a 'perverse' fascination with death.

Movie quotes

  • (..) And I'm trying to throw this little guy off. "Get off. Stop ******* my leg." This above all is a family film... ...and any depictions of perverse sexual activity... ...could only be described as educational. The whole world's gonna see me beating on a little man who's humping my leg. Peter Jackson, (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey