Perverted

adj, verb

adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of pervert form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
  2. 2
    Of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex. derogatory, sometimes
  3. 3
    Misrepresented, altered or distorted.
  4. 4
    Reversed in chirality; flipped. obsolete

    "The reflection of an object in a mirror image is a perverted image of the object."

Adjective
  1. 1
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good wordnet
  2. 2
    having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented wordnet
  3. 3
    (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
corruptmisrepresentedabandonedaberrantabnormalabroad

Example

More examples

"You assume we are all sexually stable; while on the other hand, as I have become acquainted with people, I find that they are all perverted sinners, one way or another, that the whole society is corrupt and rotten and repressed and unconscious that it exhibits its repression in various forms of social sadism."

Etymology

From pervert + -ed.

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