pervert.
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
Meaning & usage
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
Where this word comes from
From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.
To turn another way; to divert.
To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?
To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
to misinterpret designedly.
pervert one's words
To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
Where this word comes from
From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.
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