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perverse
1. adj. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
2. adj. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
3. adj. (legal, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.

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So I'm perverse and I'm cruel.  Is this another one of your sinister, evil and perverse plots?

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