perverted

English

Etymology

From pervert +‎ -ed.

Adjective

perverted (comparative more perverted, superlative most perverted)

1. Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
2. (sometimes derogatory) Of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex.

   Synonyms: (less formal) pervy, (uncommon) perverty

3. Misrepresented, altered or distorted.
4. (sciences, obsolete) Reversed in chirality; flipped.
   • 1873, James Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise of Electricity and Magnetism, Clarendon Press:

     The reflection of an object in a mirror image is a perverted image of the object.

   • 1906, Henry Smith Carhart, Physics for University Students, page 232:

     The right hand may be considered the perverted image of the left.

Antonyms

• normophilic

Derived terms

• pervalicious
• pervertedly
• pervertedness

Translations

deviating from what is right or normal

• Bulgarian: извратен (bg) (izvraten), перверзен (bg) (perverzen)
• Latin: corruptus
• Portuguese: pervertido (pt) m

Verb

perverted

1. simple past and past participle of pervert