perverse

• This Pope, who was a native of Aragon and had been a subject of Ferdinand, was a stolid, perverse, and stubborn being; so much is advertised in his low forehead, impudent prominent nose, thick sensual lips, and stout bull neck. —  Christopher Columbus
• "The world is a king, and, like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse -- it will not submit to the mould of flattery." —  Beethoven the Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words
• Margraf of Anspach -- perverse tippling creature, ill with his Wife, I doubt -- has joyfully sent his legal hundreds; will vote for the Reichs Ban against this worst of Germans, whom he has for Brother-in-law. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
• And yet this nature so perverse, and full of artifices to save its life, at last took the course of nourishing itself on its own despair, on its fidelity under such heavy and continual oppression. —  Autobiography of Madame Guyon
• 003: 032 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright. —  The World English Bible (WEB):

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