'Pervert' definitions:
Definition of 'pervert'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate]
verb
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
verb
Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate]
verb
Definition of 'Pervert'
From: GCIDE
- Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Perverting.] [F. pervertir, L. pervertere, perversum; per + vertere to turn. See Per-, and Verse.]
- 1. To turn another way; to divert. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret intentionally; as, to pervert one's words. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pervert'
From: GCIDE
- Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. i. To become perverted; to take the wrong course. [R.] --Testament of Love. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pervert'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'pervert'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- argue insincerely,
- backslider,
- bad egg,
- bad lot,
- bastardize,
- befoul,
- belie,
- bias,
- black sheep,
- brutalize,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- canker,
- caricature,
- cheapen,
- coarsen,
- color,
- confound,
- contaminate,
- contort,
- convert,
- corrupt,
- debase,
- debauch,
- debauchee,
- defalcate,
- defile,
- deflect,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- demoralize,
- denature,
- deprave,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- devalue,
- deviant,
- deviate,
- disguise,
- distort,
- divert,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- embezzle,
- embroider,
- exaggerate,
- fallen angel,
- falsify,
- foul,
- fudge,
- garble,
- get one wrong,
- get wrong,
- gild,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- ill-treat,
- infect,
- lead astray,
- lecher,
- lost sheep,
- lost soul,
- maladminister,
- maltreat,
- mask,
- misadvise,
- misapply,
- misapprehend,
- misappropriate,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misconceive,
- misconstrue,
- miscreant,
- misdeem,
- misdirect,
- miseducate,
- misemploy,
- misexplain,
- misexplicate,
- misexpound,
- misguide,
- mishandle,
- misinform,
- misinstruct,
- misinterpret,
- misjudge,
- mislead,
- mismanage,
- misquote,
- misread,
- misrender,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- mistake,
- misteach,
- mistranslate,
- mistreat,
- misunderstand,
- misuse,
- mystify,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- outrage,
- overdraw,
- overstate,
- paralogize,
- parody,
- peculate,
- pilfer,
- pimp,
- poison,
- pollute,
- profane,
- profligate,
- prostitute,
- rationalize,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- reason ill,
- recidivist,
- recreant,
- reprobate,
- ruin,
- scapegrace,
- seduce,
- sex criminal,
- sex fiend,
- sexual deviant,
- sexual deviate,
- sexual pervert,
- sexual psychopath,
- sidetrack,
- slant,
- sorry lot,
- squeeze,
- strain,
- strain the sense,
- subvert,
- taint,
- titivate,
- torture,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- trollop,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- twist,
- twist the words,
- ulcerate,
- understate,
- varnish,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- weirdo,
- whitewash,
- whore,
- wrench