pervert
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.
Inflected forms:
form: perverts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: perverts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: perverting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: perverted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: perverted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: 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.
[…] 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 […]
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 […]
gloss: A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
pos: noun
examples: Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
I know more damn perverts, at schools and all, than anybody you ever met, and they're always being perverty when I'm around.
gloss: To turn another way; to divert.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
gloss: To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?
He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.
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 […]
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."
gloss: To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
pos: verb
examples: He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
gloss: to misinterpret designedly.
pos: verb
examples: pervert one's words
gloss: To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: After that worde, "better is it to dey than lyve false," and al wolde perverted people false reporte make
Synonyms: adulterate
corrupt
debauch
demoralize
detort
file
immoralize
lead astray
pervert
pollute
preposterate
seduce
sophisticate
suborn
subvert
tamper
unmoralize
vitiate
warp
Antonyms: fortify
moralize
purify
rectify
reform
set aright
spiritualize
straighten out
unpervert
Related words: perverse
perversion
desecrate
Derived words: furvert
pervertism
pervertly
perverty
tervert
pervertable
perverter
pervertible
unpervert
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