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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Perverse

/(pẽr*vẽrs")/ · Per·verse · IPA /pɚˈvɝs/
01 a. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
  1. 1.
    Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
    “The only righteous in a world perverse.” — Milton.
  2. 2.
    Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
    “To so perverse a sex all grace is vain.” — Dryden.
Syn. Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious.
-- Perverse, Froward. One who is froward is capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse has a settled obstinacy of will, and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will of others.