perverted
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A man with a perverted sense of humor told an inappropriate joke at the family dinner.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Morally corrupt or deviant: Describes a person, action, or idea that has turned away from what is considered normal, good, or acceptable, especially in moral or sexual behavior.
- Distorted or misinterpreted: Describes something, like a meaning or fact, that has been altered, twisted, or misrepresented from its original or true state.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Morally corrupt):
- The novel explores the mind of a perverted criminal.
- He has a perverted sense of humor that makes others uncomfortable.
- Adjective (Distorted meaning):
- The journalist was accused of presenting a perverted version of the events.
- Her argument was a perverted interpretation of the original philosophy.
Advanced Usage
- "to become perverted": to become morally corrupt or distorted.
- Power can cause noble ideals to become perverted.
- "perverted logic": reasoning that is twisted or flawed to support a wrong conclusion.
- He used perverted logic to justify his unethical actions.
Variants and Related Words
- Pervert (verb): To distort or change something from its original course, meaning, or state. To lead someone away from what is right or normal.
- He tried to pervert the course of justice.
- Pervert (noun): A person whose sexual behavior is considered abnormal and unacceptable.
- The film portrayed the villain as a dangerous pervert.
- Perversion (noun): The action of perverting or the state of being perverted; abnormal sexual behavior.
- The book is a study of power and its perversion.
- Pervertedness (noun): The quality or state of being perverted.
Synonyms
- Corrupt: Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly or immorally.
- Depraved: Morally corrupt; wicked.
- Twisted: Forced out of its natural or proper shape; mentally or emotionally unwell.
- Distorted: Pulled or twisted out of shape; giving a misleading account.
Antonyms
- Virtuous: Having or showing high moral standards.
- Pure: Not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material; morally undefiled.
- Upright: Strictly honorable or honest.
- Normal: Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
Related Phrases
- Sexually perverted: Explicitly describing abnormal or deviant sexual behavior.
- The court heard details of sexually perverted acts.
- A perversion of justice: A distortion or corruption of legal processes.
- The biased trial was seen as a perversion of justice.
A man with a perverted sense of humor told an inappropriate joke at the family dinner.
Adjective
- 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 aristocrat
- having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
- many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality
- a perverted translation of the poem
- (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
- kinky sex
- perverted practices