pervert

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Etymology

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From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Noun

pervert (plural perverts)

  1. (dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
  2. A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
    Synonym: (slang) perv
    Antonyms: normophile, (religious) convert
    • 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 24:
      I know more damn perverts, at schools and all, than anybody you ever met, and they're always being perverty when I'm around.
    Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!

Usage notes

  • In contemporary usage, pervert is usually understood to refer to a sexually perverted person. Traditionally the word was mainly associated with persons of false religious beliefs.

Translations

Verb

pervert (third-person singular simple present perverts, present participle perverting, simple past and past participle perverted)

  1. (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
    Synonyms: divert, steer, veer
    • 1623, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline:
      Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
  2. (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
    Synonyms: corrupt, lead astray
    • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
      He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.
    • 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman‎[1]:
      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."
  3. To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
    Synonyms: misapply, misuse
    He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
  4. to misinterpret designedly.
    Synonym: twist
    pervert one's words
  5. (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
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Translations

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Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Latin verb pervertere "to overturn" or "to subvert".

Noun

pervert f

  1. a pervert

Synonyms

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