What does Pervert mean?
Definitions for Pervert
pərˈvɜrt; ˈpɜr vərtper·vert
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Princeton's WordNet
pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerateverb
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
"debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticateverb
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
"Don't twist my words"
pervert, misuse, abuseverb
change the inherent purpose or function of something
"Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
Wiktionary
pervertnoun
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
pervertnoun
A sexually perverted person.
pervertverb
To turn another way; to divert.
pervertverb
To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt
pervertverb
To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.
pervert one's words
pervertverb
To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
Etymology: From pervertir, itself from the perverto
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To PERVERTverb
Etymology: perverto, Lat. pervertir, Fr.
Instead of good they may work ill, and pervert justice to extreme injustice. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of justice in a province, marvel not. Ecclus. v. 8.
If then his providence
Out of our evil seek to bring forth good,
Our labour must be to pervert that end,
And out of good still to find means of evil. John Milton.He has perverted my meaning by his glosses; and interpreted my words into blasphemy, of which they were not guilty. Dryden.
Porphyry has wrote a volume to explain this cave of the nymphs with more piety than judgment; and another person has perverted it into obscenity; and both allegorically. William Broome.
The heinous and despiteful act
Of Satan, done in Paradise, and how
He in the serpent had perverted Eve,
Her husband she, to taste the fatal fruit,
Was known in heav’n. John Milton, Paradise Lost.
ChatGPT
pervert
A pervert is a person who engages in sexually deviant or abnormal behaviors, often exhibiting a strong or abnormal interest in sexual activities that are considered outside mainstream societal norms or boundaries.
Webster Dictionary
Pervertverb
to turnanother way; to divert
Pervertverb
to turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words
Pervertverb
to become perverted; to take the wrong course
Pervertnoun
one who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert
Etymology: [F. pervertir, L. pervertere, perversum; per + vertere to turn. See Per-, and Verse.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pervert
per-vėrt′, v.t. to turn wrong or from the right course: to change from its true use: to corrupt: to turn from truth or virtue.—v.i. to go wrong or out of the right course.—n. (per′vert) one who has changed from a former position: an apostate.—ns. Perver′sion, the act of perverting: a diverting from the true object: a turning from truth or propriety: misapplication; Pervert′er.—adj. Pervert′ible, able to be perverted. [Fr. pervertir—L. pervertĕre—per, thoroughly, vertĕre, versum, to turn.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Pervert in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Pervert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Pervert in a Sentence
No disrespect, but your nipple would be the last one I would want to see ... You want to turn our family beach's into a pervert show.
What BLM has done is pervert the criminal justice system by engaging in activities that have resulted in a growing trend of trials by media, bLM has intimidated juries and judges. Its leaders have no interest in due process or the presumption of innocence.
The government's plans pervert the planning process and could make England's landscape a wild west for whatever cowboy wants to start drilling and digging up our countryside.
Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
I believe as long as students had equal access to the room it’s not a First Amendment issue, i believe we really as conservatives need to be careful that we don’t pervert the First Amendment like liberals do to use it for their own agenda.
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- منحرف, انحرفArabic
- zvrhlíkCzech
- pervers, perverst menneskeDanish
- Perverser, perversGerman
- διαστρεβλώGreek
- perversuloEsperanto
- pervertidoSpanish
- pervertEstonian
- منحرفPersian
- harhautua, harhauttaa, pervo, johtaa harhaan, vääristellä, pervertti, perverssiFinnish
- pervers, déviant, pervertirFrench
- shaobhadhIrish
- स्वमतत्यागीHindi
- megrontHungarian
- ուրացողArmenian
- menyesatkanIndonesian
- öfuggi, pervert, perriIcelandic
- pervertito, pervertitaItalian
- סוטהHebrew
- 性的倒錯者, 変態, 痴漢, 変質者Japanese
- ವಿರೂಪಗೊಳಿಸುKannada
- 나쁜 길로 이끌다Korean
- subplantat, perversusLatin
- iškrypėlis, ištvirkėlisLithuanian
- whakapeauMāori
- перверзникMacedonian
- verdraaien, perverselingDutch
- perversNorwegian
- zboczyć, zboczeniecPolish
- pervertido, perverterPortuguese
- pervertiRomanian
- извратить, дегенерат, перверт, извращенец, извращатьRussian
- förvanska, förvränga, perversSwedish
- முறையற்ற நடத்தைTamil
- తప్పు దారిTelugu
- บิดเบือนThai
- manyak, bastos, manyakisTagalog
- sapıkTurkish
- збоченецьUkrainian
- خرابUrdu
- hư hỏngVietnamese
- פּערווערטYiddish
- 反常Chinese
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