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perverse

Perverse describes deliberately behaving badly or improperly, despite knowing that your actions are likely to have bad consequences. (adjective)

An example of perverse is when you disobey your mother even as you know she is watching you disobey her direct order.

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See perverse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See perverse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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