per ‧ verse /pəˈvɜːs $ pərˈvɜːrs/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of pervertere ; ⇨ ↑ pervert 1 ]
behaving in an unreasonable way, especially by deliberately doing the opposite of what people want you to do ⇨ bizarre :
He gets perverse satisfaction from embarrassing people.
—perversely adverb :
Perversely, she was irritated by his kindness.