perverted

[ per-vur-tid ]
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adjective
  1. Pathology. changed to or being of an unnatural or abnormal kind: a perverted interest in death.

  2. turned from what is right; wicked; misguided; distorted.

  1. affected with or caused by perversion.

Origin of perverted

1
First recorded in 1660–70; pervert + -ed2

Other words from perverted

  • per·vert·ed·ly, adverb
  • per·vert·ed·ness, noun
  • non·per·vert·ed, adjective
  • non·per·vert·ed·ly, adverb
  • un·per·vert·ed, adjective
  • un·per·vert·ed·ly, adverb

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How to use perverted in a sentence

  • Even as I write, a newspaper misprint assures me that typesetting machines are no protection against the Imp of the perverted.

    The Booklover and His Books | Harry Lyman Koopman

British Dictionary definitions for perverted

perverted

/ (pəˈvɜːtɪd) /


adjective
  1. deviating greatly from what is regarded as normal or right; distorted

  2. of or practising sexual perversion

  1. incorrectly interpreted

Derived forms of perverted

  • pervertedly, adverb
  • pervertedness, noun

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