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pervert en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɚ.vɚt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈpəː.vət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpəː.vəːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.

Meanings

  1. (dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
    • According to the Holy Qur'an, those who cast off God's signs and follow Satan and their caprice are perverts; they are likened to dogs […] 2001, Ismāʻīl Salāmī, Islamic Views on Human Rights: Viewpoints of Iranian Scholars, page 128:
    • […] a religious pervert is ever a doubtful product. One separated from the fellows of his youth and the faith of his fathers, by acceptance of a different religion, is of necessity more or less adrift on the sea of life […] 1925, The Dalhousie Review, volume 5, page 115:
    • 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 theologians of the day, and challenge confutation. 1867, Stephen Elliott, Sermons, page 382:
  2. A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
    • I know more damn perverts, at schools and all, than anybody you ever met, and they're always being perverty when I'm around. 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 24, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:
    • Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!

Forms

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perverts Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

normophile

Deriveds

pervert glasses · pervertism · pervertly · tervert · furvert · perverty

Synonyms

perv

Translations (88)

be вычварэ́нец (sexually perverted person) · fr déviant (one who has turned to error) · la perversus (one who has turned to error) · pa ਠਰਕੀ (sexually perverted person) · is öfuguggi (sexually perverted person) · mr विकृत (sexually perverted person) · eo perversulo (one who has turned to error) · mr कामुक (sexually perverted person) · el ανώμαλος (sexually perverted person) · ja 変態 (sexually perverted person) · ja 変質者 (one who has turned to error) · my နှာဘူး (sexually perverted person) · tl manyakis (sexually perverted person) · la obscēnus (sexually perverted person) · et pervert (sexually perverted person) · ceb manyak (sexually perverted person) · he סוֹטֶה (sexually perverted person) · fi pervertti (sexually perverted person) · mr अशिष्ट (sexually perverted person) · pl zboczeniec (sexually perverted person) · cs zvrhlík (one who has turned to error) · hi ठरकी (sexually perverted person) · ja 痴漢 (sexually perverted person) · ru извраще́нец (sexually perverted person) · or ଅଭଦ୍ର (sexually perverted person) · pl dewiant (sexually perverted person) · mr हेकट (sexually perverted person) · de Perversling (sexually perverted person) · eo perversiulo (one who has turned to error) · fr pervers (one who has turned to error) · tl bastos (sexually perverted person) · ja 性的倒錯者 (sexually perverted person) · la obscēna (sexually perverted person) · fi pervertikko (sexually perverted person) · eo devojiĝanto (one who has turned to error) · cs deviant (sexually perverted person) · cmn 性變態者 /性变态者 (sexually perverted person) · nl perverseling (sexually perverted person) · cmn 墮落者 /堕落者 (one who has turned to error) · pt pervertido (sexually perverted person) · ko 변태 (sexually perverted person) · sa विकृत (sexually perverted person) · ru перве́рт (sexually perverted person) · bg извратеняк (sexually perverted person) · eo perversulo (sexually perverted person) · sa अशिष्ट (sexually perverted person) · hy ուրացող (sexually perverted person) · hi हरामी (sexually perverted person) · ar مُنْحَرِف (sexually perverted person) · fi perverssi (sexually perverted person) · it pervertita (sexually perverted person) · uk збо́ченець (sexually perverted person) · pa ਕਾਮੁਕ (sexually perverted person) · es pervertido (sexually perverted person) · it pervertito (sexually perverted person) · tr sapık (sexually perverted person) · or ବିକୃତ (sexually perverted person) · mk изопа́ченик (sexually perverted person) · pt tarado (sexually perverted person) · tl manyak (sexually perverted person) · fr pervers (sexually perverted person) · mr अभद्र (sexually perverted person) · ar مُنْحَرِفَة (sexually perverted person) · sa कामुक (sexually perverted person) · pa ਹਰਾਮੀ (sexually perverted person) · is perri (sexually perverted person) · is pervert (sexually perverted person) · hi विकृत (sexually perverted person) · sa अभद्र (sexually perverted person) · cmn 色狼 (sexually perverted person) · or ଅଶିଷ୍ଟ (sexually perverted person) · ru дегенера́т (one who has turned to error) · da perverst menneske (sexually perverted person) · lt ištvirkėlis (sexually perverted person) · fi pervo (sexually perverted person) · mk пе́рверзник (sexually perverted person) · hi अभद्र (sexually perverted person) · cs úchyl (sexually perverted person) · ka გარყვნილი (sexually perverted person) · or କାମୁକ (sexually perverted person) · hi कामुक (sexually perverted person) · id mesum (sexually perverted person) · hi अशिष्ट (sexually perverted person) · lt iškrypėlis (sexually perverted person) · ru пе́рверт (sexually perverted person) · id cabul (sexually perverted person) · cy gwyrdröwr (sexually perverted person) · fi pervertti (one who has turned to error)

pervert en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /pɚˈvɚt/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pəˈvəːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
    • Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath. 1623, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline:
  2. (transitive) 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"?
    • He was a good Proteſtant, but when he fell into the Jeſuits hands, they ſoon perverted him, and made him embrace the Roman Catholick Religion […] 1690, “The Preface to the Reader”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page vi:
    • He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
    • A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal." 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman:
  3. To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
    • He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
  4. to misinterpret designedly.
    • pervert one's words
  5. (intransitive) 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 c. 1384, Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love:

Forms

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perverted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
perverted Tense=Past lexicographic
perverts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
perverting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

spiritualize · reform · unpervert · rectify · set aright · purify · fortify · moralize · straighten out

Deriveds

perverter · unpervert · pervertable · pervertible

Hypernyms

mislead · impurify · influence · aggravate · debase · spoil

Hyponyms

nobble · pay off · bribe · buy off

Relateds

perverse · desecrate · perversion

Synonyms

lead astray · preposterate · immoralize · unmoralize · seduce · vitiate · demoralize · bias · skew · veer · lead astray · debauch · seduce · pervert · adulterate · subvert · pollute · suborn · twist · misuse · corrupt · distort · file · warp · divert · detort · sophisticate · misapply · steer · corrupt · tamper

Translations (33)

is misnota (to misuse) · uk спотво́рити (to misinterpret designedly) · sv förvränga (to turn from truth) · sv förvanska (to turn from truth) · ru извраща́ть (to turn from truth) · uk спотво́рювати (to misinterpret designedly) · fi harhautua (to take the wrong course) · uk перекрути́ти (to misinterpret designedly) · is rangsnúa (to misinterpret designedly) · bg отклонявам (to turn another way) · cs zneužít (to misuse) · fi harhauttaa (to turn another way) · uk викривля́ти (to misinterpret designedly) · sv förvanska (to misinterpret designedly) · cs zvrhnout se (to take the wrong course) · fi vääristellä (to misinterpret designedly) · uk перекру́чувати (to misinterpret designedly) · bg използвам неправилно (to misuse) · cs překroutit (to misinterpret designedly) · mi whakapeau (to turn from truth) · ru извраща́ть (to misinterpret designedly) · uk ви́кривити (to misinterpret designedly) · ota بوزمق (to turn from truth) · ru изврати́ть (to misinterpret designedly) · is afbaka (to misinterpret designedly) · sv förvränga (to misinterpret designedly) · bg извращавам (to take the wrong course) · is spilla (to turn from truth) · fi johtaa harhaan (to turn from truth) · bg изопачавам (to turn from truth) · ru изврати́ть (to turn from truth) · is rangfæra (to misinterpret designedly) · pl zboczyć (to take the wrong course)