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Adjective: perverted  pur'vurtid
  1. (used of sexual behaviour) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
    "perverted practices"
    - kinky
     
  2. Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
    "a perverted translation of the poem"
    - distorted, misrepresented, twisted
     
  3. Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
    "a perverted sense of loyalty"
    - depraved, perverse, reprobate
Verb: pervert  pur'vurt
  1. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
    - corrupt, subvert, demoralize, demoralise [Brit], debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
     
  2. Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
    - twist, twist around, convolute, sophisticate
     
  3. Change the inherent purpose or function of something
    - misuse, abuse

See also: abnormal, artful, corrupt, disingenuous, perversion, perversive, unnatural

Type of: alter, change, denote, expend, modify, refer, use

Encyclopedia: Pervert

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