pervert
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pervert
- /ˈpəː.vəːt/ UK
- /ˈpəː.vət/ UK
- /ˈpɚ.vɚt/ US
- /pəˈvəːt/ UK
- /pɚˈvɚt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)t, -ɜː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.
noun perverts
- One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals. And yet it is not only tolerated, but perverts are making to it in England and this country, — perverts among the intelligent and the learned. For these things, which I have quoted, are not accusations made in a corner, but have been published in the face of the world by one of the profoundest theol
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A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
Similar: perv · Opposite: normophile
verb perverts · perverting · perverted
- To turn another way; to divert. Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
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To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?
Similar: corrupt, lead astray, seduce
- To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
- to misinterpret designedly. pervert one's words
- To become perverted; to take the wrong course. After that worde, "better is it to dey than lyve false," and al wolde perverted people false reporte make
Similar: adulterate, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, detort, file, immoralize, lead astray, pervert, pollute, preposterate, seduce, sophisticate, suborn, subvert, tamper, unmoralize, vitiate, warp · Opposite: fortify, moralize, purify, rectify, reform, set aright, spiritualize, straighten out, unpervert
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: profane, deviate, deprave, degenerate, deviant, vitiate, debase, demoralize, abuse, misuse, misdirect, debauch, convolute, sophisticate, corrupt, twist
verb
Similar: adulterate, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, detort, file, immoralize, lead astray, pervert, pollute, preposterate, seduce, sophisticate, suborn, subvert, tamper, unmoralize, vitiate, warp · Opposite: fortify, moralize, purify, rectify, reform, set aright, spiritualize, straighten out, unpervert
Translations
Every language
noun one who has turned to error
| 日本語 | 変質者 henshitsusha |
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| 中文 | 墮落者 /堕落者 duòluòzhě |
| हिन्दी | पथभ्रष्ट pathabhraṣṭ, मार्गभ्रष्ट mārgabhraṣṭ |
| Français | déviant, pervers |
| Русский | дегенера́т degenerát |
| العربية | منحرف munḥarif, منحرفة munḥarifa |
noun sexually perverted person
| Español | pervertido |
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| 한국어 | 변태 byeontae |
| 日本語 | 痴漢 chikan, 性的倒錯者 seitekitōsakusha, 変態 hentai |
| 中文 | 性變態者 /性变态者 xìngbiàntàizhě, 色狼 sèláng |
| हिन्दी | ठरकी ṭharkī, कामुक kāmuk, विकृत vikŕt, अभद्र abhadra, अशिष्ट aśiṣṭ, हरामी harāmī |
| Português | pervertido, tarado |
| Français | pervers |
| Deutsch | Perversling |
| Italiano | pervertito, pervertita |
| Ελληνικά | ανώμαλος anómalos |
| Русский | извраще́нец izvraščénec, перве́рт pervért, пе́рверт pérvert |
| العربية | مُنْحَرِف munḥarif, مُنْحَرِفَة munḥarifa |
| עברית | סוֹטֶה sote |
verb to turn from truth
| Русский | извраща́ть izvraščátʹ, изврати́ть izvratítʹ |
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verb to misinterpret designedly
| Русский | извраща́ть izvraščátʹ, изврати́ть izvratítʹ |
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title = {pervert},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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