willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.

characterized by or proceeding from such a determination or disposition

a perverse mood.

wayward or cantankerous.

persistent or obstinate in what is wrong.

turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, or proper; wicked or corrupt.

adjective

agreeable , compliant , happy , nice , reasonable , willing , obedient

adjective

abnormal , bad-tempered , cantankerous , capricious , contradictory , contrary , contumacious , corrupt , crabby * , cross , degenerate , delinquent , depraved , deviant , disobedient , dogged * , erring , fractious , hard-nosed , headstrong , intractable , intransigent , irritable , miscreant , mulish * , nefarious , obdurate , obstinate , petulant , pigheaded * , rebellious , refractory , rotten * , self-willed , spiteful , stubborn , unhealthy , unmanageable , unreasonable , unyielding , villainous , wayward , wicked , willful , flagitious , rotten , bullheaded , dogged , hardheaded , mulish , pertinacious , pigheaded , stiff-necked , tenacious , balky , contrarious , difficult , froward , impossible , ornery , awkward , backward , contentious , cranky , crotched , determined , diverse , forward , indocile , misdirected , perverted , vicious , vitiated , wrongheaded