Perverted definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PERVERT'ED, pp. Turned from ... showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices" [syn: kinky, perverted] 2: having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of ... facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" [syn: distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted] 3: deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling ...
... from the right; to corrupt. He in the serpent had perverted Eve. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a person ... noun II. noun Date: circa 1661 one that has been perverted; specifically one given to some form of sexual perversion Oxford ... right opinion or conduct, or esp. religious belief. 4 (as perverted adj.) showing perversion. --n. 1 a perverted person. 2 a person showing sexual perversion. Derivatives: perversive adj ... s 1913 Dictionary Pervert Per*vert", v. i. To become perverted; to take the wrong course. [R.] --Testament of Love. Webster ... 1913 Dictionary Pervert Per"vert, n. One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- ...
... moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo ... marked by peevishness or petulance ; cranky 4. marked by perversion ; perverted Synonyms: see contrary • perversely adverb • perverseness noun • perversity noun Oxford ... required. 2 persistent in error. 3 wayward; intractable; peevish. 4 perverted; wicked. 5 (of a verdict etc.) against the weight of ... hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted. The only righteous in a word perverse. --Milton. 2. Obstinate ... of English Synonyms a. 1. Distorted (from the right), bad, perverted. 2. Obstinate, stubborn, wilful, dogged, mulish, untrastable, unyielding, headstrong, ...
... earth, which was first in the order of nature. 2. Perverted; wrong; absurd; contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to ... adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted. ``Most preposterous conclusions.'' --Shak. Preposterous ass, that never read so far! --Shak. Syn: Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish; monstrous. See Absurd. -- Pre*pos"ter*ous ... adj/adv Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Perverted, having the cart before the horse, reversed. 2. Absurd, unreasonable, extravagant, excessive, ridiculous, irrational, foolish, monstrous, exorbitant, perverted, wrong. Moby Thesaurus Gothic, a bit thick, a bit thin ...
... century 1. the action of perverting ; the condition of being perverted 2. a perverted form; especially an aberrant sexual practice or interest especially when ... n. 1 an act of perverting; the state of being perverted. 2 a perverted form of an act or thing. 3 a preference for ... Pervert.] The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the ...
... facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" [syn: distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: circa 1890 mentally or ... Twist"ed, a. Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted. Twisted curve (Geom.), a curve of double curvature. See Plane ... the rack, one-sided, opinionated, pained, partial, partisan, peculiar, perplexed, perverted, phony, pimpled, pimply, pinchbeck, prejudiced, prepossessed, pretended, pseudo, put-on ...
... moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 14th century marked by corruption or evil; especially perverted • depravedly adverb • depravedness noun Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deprave De ... miscreant, miserable, monstrous, morally polluted, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, paltry, perverse, perverted, petty, poky, polluted, poor, profligate, putrid, rank, reprobate, reptilian, rotten ...
... DISTORTED, pp. Twisted out of natural or regular shape; wrested; perverted. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: so badly formed ... facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" [syn: distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Distort Dis*tort", v. t ... true, off, off the track, one-sided, out, peccant, perverse, perverted, phony, pimpled, pimply, pinchbeck, pretended, pseudo, put-on, quasi, queer ...
... Latin corruptus Date: 14th century 1. a. morally degenerate and perverted ; depraved b. characterized by improper conduct (as bribery or the ... correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt ... out, outrage, pan, pay off, peccant, pernicious, persecute, perverse, pervert, perverted, phiz, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, polluted ...
... moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate] n 1: a person without moral scruples [syn: reprobate ... monstrous, morally polluted, mundane, naughty, nefarious, nonsacred, notorious, peccant, pervert, perverted, pimp, polluted, profane, profligate, rake, rank, rap, rapscallion, rascal, rascally ...
... Deviating from the right direction; as wry words. 3. Wrested; perverted; as, to put a wry sense on an authors words ... idea without some extravagance in its application. --Landor. 3. Wrested; perverted. He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers. --Atterbury. Wry ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary PERVERT'IBLE, a. That may be perverted. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pervertible Per*vert"i*ble, a. Capable of being perverted.