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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Past victimhood should not be perverted into a right to harm.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2023

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

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2023

As the motions passed, one woman exclaimed in the quiet courtroom: "The law is perverted! The law is perverted!"

From Salon • Apr. 4, 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

perverted

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