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perverted

Saypur-VURT-idUS/pɚˈvɚtɪd/UK/pəˈvəːtɪd/

5 meanings of perverted

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  1. 1
    sexualadjectivederogatory
    Liking or doing unusual sex acts, or having to do with them.

    "Stop being so perverted," she said, laughing at his joke.

    He sent her a perverted message, so she blocked him.

    Similarpervy

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Turned away from what most people think is right, normal or correct.

    He has a perverted idea of what is fair.

    It takes a perverted kind of pride to brag about cheating.

    Similartwisted, warped, perverse, sick

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  3. 3
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of pervert. Use it for something that was twisted or used in a wrong way.

    He perverted the rules to help his friends.

    The judge said the lawyer had perverted the meaning of her words.

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  4. 4
    distortedadjective
    Changed or twisted so that it no longer shows the truth.

    The story he told was a perverted version of what really happened.

    Her words came back to her in a perverted form, twisted to mean the opposite.

    Similardistorted, twisted, warped, garbled

    Oppositeaccurate, faithful

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  1. 5
    mirror imageadjectiveobsolete
    Turned into its mirror form, the way a left hand mirrors a right hand.
    The right hand may be considered the perverted image of the left.
    1906, Henry Smith Carhart, Physics for University StudentsHere, perverted means flipped into its mirror form, like a left hand to a right.
    The reflection of an object in a mirror image is a perverted image of the object.
    1873, James Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise of Electricity and MagnetismHere, perverted means flipped into a mirror form, reversed left to right.
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perverted is a form of pervert

pervert, verb: To spoil or misuse something, or lead someone into bad ways, so it is no longer right, honest, or fair. Full entry

Forms
pervertperverts he/she/itperverting -ing formperverted past tense, past participle
Spelling
pervert → perverted: add -ed

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Origin

From pervert plus -ed.