Synonyms of perverseness

Noun

1. contrariness, perversity, perverseness, unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness

usage: deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

2. perversity, perverseness, evil, evilness

usage: deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"