perverse
used in The Bluest Eye

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Definition

not what is expected, or considered proper

or: having the opposite effect of what is desired

He noticed Gibbon's acidity, but not his tolerance, Othello's love for the fair Desdemona, but not Iago's perverted love of Othello.
4 — Spring (83% in)

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