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pervert
[ verb per-vurt; noun pur-vert ]
verb (used with object)
- to affect with perversion.
- to lead astray morally.
Synonyms: demoralize, corrupt, seduce
- to turn away from the right course.
Synonyms: divert
- to lead into mental error or false judgment.
- to turn to an improper use; misapply.
- 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.
noun
- a person who practices sexual perversion.
- Pathology. a person affected with perversion.
- a person who has been perverted, or turned from what is right, especially to a religious belief regarded as erroneous.
pervert
verb
- to use wrongly or badly
- to interpret wrongly or badly; distort
- to lead into deviant or perverted beliefs or behaviour; corrupt
- to debase
noun
- a person who practises sexual perversion
Derived Forms
- perˈverter, noun
- perˈvertible, adjective
Other Words From
- per·verter noun
- per·verti·ble adjective
- per·verti·bili·ty noun
- per·verti·bly adverb
- nonper·verti·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pervert1
Example Sentences
While her new boss wasn’t a pervert, he wasn’t interested in giving her the promotion she deserved—or the leather jacket that all SREs were promised but was only given to the men.
Her first brush with a subway pervert was as a teen, when she was riding home from high school and “someone was, uh, pleasuring themselves,” she says, raising her eyebrows.
We will not be held responsible for the actions of four indicted people who decided to pervert the legislative process for their own personal gain.
The All Quiet on the Pervert Front has led photo-sharers on Reddit and 4chan to declare “The Fappening” dead.
In keeping with the raucous nature of his tabloid scandal, one person shouted “Pervert!”
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