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

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

From Salon

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.”

From Los Angeles Times

It was like a perverted version of “Friends.”

From Los Angeles Times

The commission’s vote “perverted the entire intent” of the proposal meant to strengthen the rules, Lynch said.

From Los Angeles Times

Here was the framework by which the Nazis attacked modernists not just as purveyors of low-quality creations, but also as perverted, dangerous and, whenever applicable, racially inferior.

From Salon