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pervert

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pervert

a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard
  • a nineteenth-century author defamed as a pervert
Synonyms of pervert

backslider, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, degenerate, deviate, libertine, profligate, rake
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

saint

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

decipher
2 to lower in character, dignity, or quality
  • a movie that perverted the story by emphasizing the violence over the redemption
Synonyms of pervert

abase, 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

descend

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

respect
Antonyms of pervert

elevate, ennoble, uplift
3 to put to a bad or improper use
  • accused of perverting the justice system
Synonyms of pervert

abuse, misapply, misemploy, misuse, profane, prostitute
Words Related to pervert

degrade, twist

mismanage

corrupt, debase, desecrate
Near Antonyms of pervert

apply, employ, use, utilize

respect

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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