perverted
adjective
[ pəˈvəːtɪd ]
• (of a person or their actions) characterized by sexually abnormal and unacceptable practices or tendencies.
• "he whispered perverted obscenities"
Similar:
unnatural,
deviant,
warped,
corrupt,
twisted,
abnormal,
unhealthy,
depraved,
perverse,
aberrant,
distorted,
immoral,
corrupted,
debauched,
debased,
degenerate,
sadistic,
evil,
wicked,
vile,
amoral,
rotten,
wrong,
bad,
sick,
kinky,
pervy,
sicko,
pervert
verb
• distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something).
• "he was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice"
Similar:
distort,
warp,
corrupt,
subvert,
twist,
bend,
abuse,
divert,
deflect,
misapply,
misuse,
misrepresent,
misinterpret,
misconstrue,
falsify,
garble,
• lead (someone) away from what is considered natural or acceptable.
• "Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time"
Similar:
corrupt,
lead astray,
deprave,
make degenerate,
debauch,
debase,
warp,
vitiate,
pollute,
poison,
contaminate,
demoralize,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from per- ‘thoroughly, to ill effect’ + vertere ‘to turn’. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th century.
