Answer: perverse

AnswerCrossword Clue
PERVERSESick
PERVERSEStubbornly wrong.
PERVERSEWayward.
PERVERSEWayward
PERVERSEContrary
PERVERSEWrongheaded
PERVERSECantankerous
PERVERSEEach work of Pound is willfully bad (8)
perversewilfully deviating from desired or expected conduct
perverseSexually perverted
perverseContrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice
perverse(of a person or their actions) Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences
perverse(of a verdict) Against the weight of evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law