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Definitions

perverted

[per-vur-tid] / pərˈvɜr tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
immoral, evil
Synonyms
STRONG
abandoned abused contorted corrupt corrupted debased debauched defiled depraved deviating distorted impaired misguided misused outraged polluted sick tainted twisted vitiate vitiated warped
WEAK
aberrant abnormal deviant foreign grotesque kinky monstrous unhealthy unnatural vicious wicked
Antonyms
STRONG
clean cleansed healthy honorable moral noble pure purified straight uncorrupt upright virtuous well wholesome
WEAK
good

Example Sentences

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Corker also perverted another protest slogan into an attack on workers by declaring, “the whole world is watching.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

“That states do have the power to further their own agendas in very perverted ways.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Mahito is soon sucked into an alternate universe where the ills of the human world are on full display but perverted into greater absurdity.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Many have commended her for speaking out, and have condemned the "arrogance" of her blackmailer, and his "perverted" behaviour.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2023

He noticed Gibbon’s acidity, but not his tolerance, Othello’s love for the fair Desdemona, but not Iago’s perverted love of Othello.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.