perverted

[per-vur-tid]

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.

3. affected with or caused by perversion.

Other Word Forms

• pervertedly adverb
• pervertedness noun
• nonperverted adjective
• nonpervertedly adverb
• unperverted adjective
• unpervertedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of perverted¹

First recorded in 1660–70; pervert + -ed ²

Example Sentences

It’s the culture that’s skewered rather than those who adopt its perverted values.

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"Although there had been tribunals about his bullying behaviour, his attitude towards staff members which was very concerning, it never occurred to me that he had an unhealthy, perverted interest in children," she said.

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Reprehensible such people may be, but they are motivated by a kind of perverted idealism.

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He called transgender people “perverted,” the acknowledgment of transgender identities “one of the most destructive social contagions in human history,” and gender-affirming care for young people an “unimaginable evil.”

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It was like a perverted version of “Friends.”

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