Definition

1. 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.

Adjective

1. 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
2. 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
3. (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
   • kinky sex
   • perverted practices