Perverse
Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
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Perverse Quotations
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
Warren Buffett
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
Barack Obama
I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way.
Hedy Lamarr
I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.
Gustave Flaubert
I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.
Diane Arbus
The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they don't have at all, which is innocence, so you end up with kiddie porn and a perverse obsession with youth.
Joni Mitchell
In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
Stephen Jay Gould
It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it.
Robert Musil
Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.
Barney Frank
The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in life: 'Prove to me why we should.'
Mitch Daniels
Perverse Translations
perverse in Dutch is verdorven, pervers
perverse in German is verkehrt, pervers
perverse in Latin is pravus, improbus
perverse in Spanish is perverso
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