perversive

Definition of perversivenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perversive
Adjective
  • Obscene, offensive, indecent or inappropriate attire.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Anyone else in the room would expect to be arrested for behaving in such an indecent way in public, the man said.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The couple slept on a filthy mattress on the floor with their 4-year-old son, Stephano.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The big comedy set pieces overwhelm Miller’s attempts at satire, but any movie that has Nicholson casually dropping filthy double (and single) entendres beneath arched eyebrows is worth a look.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The waste feels more flagrant with every pornographic shot of a Chanel bag, vintage car or over-the-top ensemble.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Opponents of the books describe them as pornographic.
    Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The second instalment in the franchise is the fifth highest Indian grosser of all time.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
  • However, the salary does come in behind the median gross annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK which, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, sits at £39,039 ($52,419) a year.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Who decides what’s decorous and what’s vulgar?
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The president has been targeting Jeffries online with offensive and vulgar memes since the pair first had an unsuccessful sit-down meeting in the Oval Office just before the shutdown.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Long before the yelling and the lustful soil came the rabbit.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
  • King Princess talks the lustful, haunted anthems of 'Girl Violence' King Princess has had a remarkable 2025 thus far.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Detectives with the sheriff’s Child Abuse Bureau led the investigation and obtained an arrest warrant for Rutherford on one count of oral copulation on a victim 10 years old or younger and three counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • She is charged with two counts of indecent, lewd or lascivious touching of certain minors, and violation of parole, according to the report.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Piker went on to make a series of lewd remarks, using expletives to refer to and address former Governor Cuomo.
    Sirena Bergman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Brian Peck pleaded no contest to a charge of oral copulation with a minor under 16 as well as a charge of performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Perversive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perversive. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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