What is the meaning of perverted?

verb

adjective

  • Used of sexual behavior. ( showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes)
    • usage: "kinky sex"; "perverted practices"
  • Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented.
    • usage: "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"
  • Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good.
    • usage: "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
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APAWordNet. (2010). perverted. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/perverted/definitions/1180659
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