pervert
Plural: perverts
Noun
- a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
- A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
Verb
Verb Forms: perverted, perverting, perverts
- To turn from a right course of action; to corrupt.
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- To turn another way; to divert.
- To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
- To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
- to misinterpret designedly.
- To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
Examples
- He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
- He would never PERVERT the rules of Scrabble, even to win.
- How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?
- pervert one's words
- Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
Origin / Etymology
From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertÅ.
Synonyms
abuse, convolute, corrupt, debase, debauch, degenerate, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, deviant, deviate, misdirect, misuse, profane, sophisticate, subvert, twist, twist around, vitiate, divert, lead astray, misapply, perv, steer, veer
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
pervert: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpervert: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pervert: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary