Definitions for pervertedpərˈvɜr tɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

per•vert•edpərˈvɜr tɪd(adj.)

  1. of an unnatural or abnormal nature:

    a perverted interest in death.

    Category: Psychiatry, Pathology

  2. misguided; distorted; misinterpreted.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Psychiatry

  3. turned from what is considered right or true.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Psychiatry

Origin of perverted:

1660–70

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kinky, perverted(adj)

    (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes

    "kinky sex"; "perverted practices"

  2. distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted(adj)

    having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

    "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"

  3. depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate(adj)

    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good

    "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

Wiktionary

  1. perverted(Adjective)

    deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct

  2. perverted(Adjective)

    of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex

  3. perverted(Adjective)

    misrepresented, altered or distorted

Webster Dictionary

  1. Perverted

    of Pervert


Translations for perverted

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

perverted(adjective)

a perverted act

He is capable of any perversion.

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