perverted

per·vert·ed

adj \pər-ˈvər-təd\

Definition of PERVERTED

1

: corrupt

2

: marked by perversion

— per·vert·ed·ly adverb

— per·vert·ed·ness noun

Examples of PERVERTED

1. He took a perverted pleasure in watching them suffer.
2. <the perverted values of a society that had taken permissiveness to the extreme>

First Known Use of PERVERTED

14th century

Related to PERVERTED

Synonyms: debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, corrupt, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped

Antonyms: pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted

Related Words: bent [chiefly British], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous; contaminated, spoiled, tainted; bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked

Near Antonyms: incorruptible; ethical, honest, principled; good, moral, righteous, virtuous

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Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with PERVERTED

concerted, T-shirted