adj. 25B6; adjective
he is being deliberately perverse : AWKWARD, contrary, difficult, unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful, obstructive, disobliging, recalcitrant, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, mulish, pig-headed, bull-headed; informal cussed; Brit. informal bloody-minded, bolshie; N. Amer. informal balky; formal refractory; archaic froward, contumacious.
a verdict that is manifestly perverse : ILLOGICAL, irrational, unreasonable, wrong, wrong-headed.
an evil life dedicated to perverse pleasure : PERVERTED, depraved, unnatural, abnormal, deviant, degenerate, immoral, warped, twisted, corrupt; wicked, base, evil; informal kinky, sick, pervy.
accommodating, reasonable.