perverted
pronunciation
How to pronounce perverted in British English:
UK [pəˈvɜ:tɪd]
How to pronounce perverted in American English:
US [pərˈvɜrtɪd]
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- Adjective:
- (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
- having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
- marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good
Word Origin
- perverted (adj.)
- 1660s, "turned from the right way," past participle adjective from pervert (v.). With implied sexual sense by 1897.
Example
- 1. I 'm a vicious , perverted sexual failure .
- 2. His original ideas have been perverted by politicians for their own purposes .
- 3. And jesus answered and said , o unbelieving and perverted generation !
- 4. And his encounter with old mistress hibbins , if it were a real incident , did but show his sympathy and fellowship with wicked mortals , and the world of perverted spirits .
- 5. His warped , perverted mind .