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- DictionaryPer·vert·ed/pərˈvərdəd/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or their actions) characterized by sexually abnormal and unacceptable practices or tendencies: "he whispered perverted obscenities"
perverted. adjective. per· vert· ed pər-ˈvər-təd. Synonyms of perverted. 1. : corrupt. 2. : marked by perversion. pervertedly adverb. pervertedness noun. Synonyms. corrupt. debased. debauched. decadent. degenerate. degraded. demoralized. depraved. dissipated. dissolute. jackleg. libertine. loose. perverse. rakehell.
considered strange and unpleasant by most people: She told him he had a sick and perverted mind. He used a perverted form of socialism to incite racial hatred. Synonym. depraved. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strange, suspicious and unnatural. aberrant. aberrantly.
1. a. : to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt. b. : to cause to turn aside or away from what is generally done or accepted : misdirect. 2. a. : to divert to a wrong end or purpose : misuse. b. : to twist the meaning or sense of : misinterpret. perverter noun. 2 of 2. noun. per· vert ˈpər-ˌvərt.
Perverted definition: changed to or being of an unnatural or abnormal kind. See examples of PERVERTED used in a sentence.
to change something so that it is not what it was or should be, or to influence someone in a harmful way: Her ideas have been shamelessly perverted to serve the president's propaganda campaign. pervert the course of justice law UK. to act illegally to avoid punishment or to get the wrong person punished:
1. Deviating from what is considered right and correct: a perverted idea of justice. 2. Of, relating to, or engaging in sexual practices that are considered abnormal or deviant. 3. Marked by misinterpretation or distortion: a perverted translation of an epic poem. per·vert′ed·ly adv. per·vert′ed·ness n.
to misconstrue or misinterpret, especially deliberately; distort: to pervert someone's statement. to bring to a less excellent state; vitiate; debase. Pathology. to change to what is unnatural or abnormal. to convert or persuade to a religious belief regarded as false or wrong. See more. noun. a person who practices sexual perversion.
