perverted

[per-vur-tid]

adjective

1. Pathology.,  changed to or being of an unnatural or abnormal kind.

   a perverted interest in death.

2. turned from what is right; wicked; misguided; distorted.

3. affected with or caused by perversion.

Other Word Forms

• pervertedly adverb
• pervertedness noun
• nonperverted adjective
• nonpervertedly adverb
• unperverted adjective
• unpervertedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of perverted¹

First recorded in 1660–70; pervert + -ed ²

Example Sentences

It was like a perverted version of “Friends.”

From Los Angeles Times

The commission’s vote “perverted the entire intent” of the proposal meant to strengthen the rules, Lynch said.

From Los Angeles Times

Here was the framework by which the Nazis attacked modernists not just as purveyors of low-quality creations, but also as perverted, dangerous and, whenever applicable, racially inferior.

From Salon

This frenzied devotion to freedom in its most perverted form, a kind of Promethean exultation in unbridled will and desire, sits in weird juxtaposition with a cultish, masochistic worship of leader figures.

From Salon

The combination of the value of the FBI’s criminal investigative powers together with their danger if perverted, the report added, “makes the office of FBI Director unique.”

From Los Angeles Times