Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Deviating from what is considered right and correct.
- adjective Of, relating to, or practicing sexual perversion.
- adjective Marked by misinterpretation or distortion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Misdirected; misapplied; corrupt; false.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
deviating from what is normally consideredright ,normal orcorrect - adjective of, relating to, or practicing
unusual or "kinky "sex - adjective
misrepresented ,altered ordistorted - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pervert .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
- adjective having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
- adjective deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word perverted.
Examples
-
Even in those instances where, for convenience 'sake, the term perverted development has been used, it must be understood as applying only to the particular plant or organ under consideration, as the form assumed is perfectly in accordance with the ordinary conformation of some other plant or group of plants.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
-
Sarah Palin's very public battle with David Letterman over what she called a perverted joke about her daughter.
-
Will it remain perverted forever by what it†™ s become, or will the truth ring free and clear and the legend of the Crusader be born anew?
Dynamite Entertainment titles for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
-
The parent/child dynamic and the means by which it can perverted is also pretty consistent and even clever at times.
Dead Silence 2007
-
After the high souled Malthus, came the Neo-Malthusians, who, although they retained the name perverted the teaching of this great demographist, and some Socialist writers of high repute still advocate the systematic instruction of the poor in Neo-Malthusian practices.
The Fertility of the Unfit Rutherford Waddell 1900
-
She knows this is a fake, but someone professionally makes her look perverted, which is not good for a special events company co-owner.
Going Down Hard-Tawny Weber « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
-
Our answer to that is what brings them together is the commitment to what we would call a perverted interpretation of Islam, which is an interpretation of Islam that we saw manifested through the
The Challenge of International Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific Region 2002
-
Moldavia and Wallachia contain the descendants of the Roman colonists who speak a perverted Latin.
Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson
-
This has been justly called perverted ambition, and Milton stamped it with terrible condemnation when he put into the mouth of his arch fiend the sentiment -- "better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."
-
Chaldee paraphrase perverted by him to his own opinions, 306.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820
brtom commented on the word perverted
"It had better be stated here and now at the outset that the perverted transcendentalism to which Mr S. Dedalus' (Div. Scep.) contentions would appear to prove him pretty badly addicted runs directly counter to accepted scientific methods."
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 22, 2007