PERVERTED

depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate

(adjective) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; “depraved criminals”; “a perverted sense of loyalty”; “the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat”

distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted

(adjective) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; “many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality”; “a perverted translation of the poem”

kinky, perverted

(adjective) (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; “kinky sex”; “perverted practices”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

perverted (comparative more perverted, superlative most perverted)

Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.

(sometimes, pejorative) Of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex.

Misrepresented, altered or distorted.

Synonyms

• pervy (less formal)

Antonyms

• normophilic

Verb

perverted

simple past tense and past participle of pervert

Source: Wiktionary


PERVERT

Per*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Perverting.] Etym: [F. pervertir, L. pervertere, perversum; per + vertere to turn. See Per-, and Verse.]

1. To turnanother way; to divert. [Obs.] Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath. Shak.

2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words. Dryden. He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. Milton.

Per*vert", v. i.

Definition: To become perverted; to take the wrong course. [R.] Testament of Love.

Per"vert, n.

Definition: One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert. That notorious pervert, Henry of Navarre. Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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