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pervert

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pervert

a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard

a pervert who, because of years of bad choices, couldn't get a job

Synonyms of pervert

backslider, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, degenerate, deviate, libertine, perv, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip

Words Related to pervert

bankrupt, delinquent, derelict, incorrigible

blackguard, cad, heel, knave, miscreant, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, villain

lecher, playboy, playgirl, satyr

Near Antonyms of pervert

pervert

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pervert

1 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

that summary really perverts the other candidate's views on taxes

Synonyms of pervert

bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, garble, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, slant, twist, warp

Words Related to pervert

misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate

belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash

bowdlerize, censor

complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up)

mystify, obscure

equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate

Near Antonyms of pervert

clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out

2 to lower in character, dignity, or quality

a movie that perverted the Bible story by reveling in the sinners' lewd behavior until just before the moment of divine retribution

Synonyms of pervert

abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp

Words Related to pervert

befoul, begrime, contaminate, defile, dilute, dirty, pollute, taint, thin, water down, weaken

disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame, take down

blemish, damage, deface, destroy, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, mar, ruin, spoil, stain, tarnish, wreck

depreciate, downgrade

Near Antonyms of pervert

dignify, exalt, honor

ameliorate, amend, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect

clarify, clean, cleanse, purify, refine, restore

Antonyms of pervert

elevate, ennoble, uplift

3 to put to a bad or improper use

accused of perverting the Internal Revenue Service by using it to harass political opponents

Synonyms of pervert

abuse, misapply, misemploy, misuse, profane, prostitute

Words Related to pervert

corrupt, debase, desecrate

Near Antonyms of pervert

apply, employ, use, utilize

Synonym Discussion of pervert

debase, vitiate, deprave, corrupt, debauch, pervert mean to cause deterioration or lowering in quality or character. debase implies a loss of position, worth, value, or dignity.

- commercialism has debased the holiday

vitiate implies a destruction of purity, validity, or effectiveness by allowing entrance of a fault or defect.

- a foreign policy vitiated by partisanship

deprave implies moral deterioration by evil thoughts or influences.

- the claim that society is depraved by pornography

corrupt implies loss of soundness, purity, or integrity.

- the belief that bureaucratese corrupts the language

debauch implies a debasing through sensual indulgence.

- the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew

pervert implies a twisting or distorting from what is natural or normal.

- perverted the original goals of the institute

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