perverted : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perverted	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for perverted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perverted adj (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices" Synonym(s): kinky, perverted having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" Synonym(s): distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" Synonym(s): depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pervert \Pervert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perverting}.] [F. pervertir, L. pervertere, perversum; per + vertere to turn. See {Per-}, and {Verse}.] 1. To turnanother way; to divert. [Obs.] Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath. --Shak. 2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words. --Dryden. He, in the serpent, had perverted* Eve. --Milton.