Sami had deviant thoughts.
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Deviant
Synonyms for "deviant" (239 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Strong matches (72)
digressivediscursivedisgracefuldissenterdissentingdissidentdistorteddivergentdottydropouteccentriceffeminateerranterraticerroneousevilexceptionalexcursivefallaciousfalse
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faultyfeyfish out of waterflakyflawedflower childfreakfreakishfreakyfunnygayheretichereticalheterodoxhippiehomoerotichomosexualidiosyncraticignominiousillegalillogicalillusoryimproperimprovedinappropriateincorrectindecorousindirectinfamousirregularkinkykookylabyrinthineleft handedlesbianmaggotymannishmazymeanderingmisfitmodifiedmutantmutationneuroticnonconforming
Noun(4 words)
Related words (119)
Noun(13 words)
nonobservantnot donenot rightnot truenuttyobliqueoddoddballoffoff baseoff coloroff keyoffbeatoriginaloutout of lineout-of-the-waypeccantpeculiarperverse
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pervertpervertedplanetarypreternaturalqualifiedqueerquirkyramblingrebuiltrecalcitrantrecusantreformedrefractoryrenewedrevivedrevolutionaryrovingsacrilegioussapphicscandalousscrewballscrewysectariansectaryself-contradictoryserpentineshamefulshamelessshiftingsidesidelongsinfulsingularsinistersinistralsnakystrangestraystrayingsubversiveswervingswingerterribletransformedtransmutedtransvestiteturningtwistedtwistinguncommonuncompliantunconventionalundirectedundueunfactualunfitunlawfulunmitigatedunnaturalunorthodoxunprovedunrighteousunseemlyunsubmissiveunsuitableuntrueunusualvagrantvariantveeringwackywanderingweirdwhimsicalwickedwidewindingworsewrongwrongfulyippiezigzag
Adjective(4 words)
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1 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- отклоняващ се adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- отклонение noun (thing that deviates)
Czech
3 entries- deviantní adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- úchylný adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- deviant noun (person who deviates)
Danish
1 entries- afviger noun (person who deviates)
Dutch
4 entries- afwijkend adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- afvallige noun (person who deviates)
- afwijkeling noun (person who deviates)
- afwijkeling noun (thing that deviates)
Finnish
3 entries- poikkeava adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- poikkeava noun (person who deviates)
- poikkeus noun (thing that deviates)
French
2 entries- déviant adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- déviant noun (person who deviates)
German
4 entries- abnormal adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- abweichend adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- anders adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- pervers adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
Hungarian
1 entries- deviáns adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
Italian
4 entries- anormale adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- deviante adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- anormale noun (person who deviates)
- anormale noun (thing that deviates)
Lakota
1 entries- šikšíl adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
Macedonian
3 entries- девија́нтен adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- на́стран adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- отстапу́вање noun (thing that deviates)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آزغین adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- اكری adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
Polish
1 entries- dewiant noun (person who deviates)
Romanian
2 entries- deviant adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- deviator adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
Russian
1 entries- девиа́нтный adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
Spanish
4 entries- aberrante adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- anormal adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- desconforme adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- desviado adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
Swedish
2 entries- avvikande adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- avvikare noun (person who deviates)
Ukrainian
3 entries- девіа́нтний adj (of or pertaining to a deviation)
- збо́ченець noun (person who deviates)
- збо́ченка noun (person who deviates)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
In 1980, the Indonesian Ulama (religious scholar) Council, the country’s highest Muslim body, declared Ahmadiyya a "deviant sect."
Source: tatoeba (9659649)
In the Philippines, intellectuals exhibit eccentricity, as elsewhere in this world. And as elsewhere in this world, normal people try to suppress them, including accusing them of deviant sexuality. In the Philippines, eccentrics often learn the gay dialect as a way to signal to others that they are different and to appear more unthreatening. Each country has a different, yet similar way, in treating eccentric intellectuals.
Source: tatoeba (11621193)
His deviant behavior made others uncomfortable.
Source: tatoeba (13748319)
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