Synonyms for pervert
pərˈvɜrt; ˈpɜr vərtper·vert

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1. pervertverb

   Antonyms:
   convert

2. pervertnoun

   To turn another way; to divert.

   Synonyms:
   veer, steer, divert

   Antonyms:
   convert

3. pervertverb

   To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt

   Synonyms:
   perv, deviant

   Antonyms:
   convert

4. pervertverb

   To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.

   pervert one's words

   Synonyms:
   misuse, misapply

5. pervertverb

   Synonyms:
   lead astray, corrupt

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1. pervert

   Abuse covers all unreasonable or improper use or treatment by word or act. A tenant does not abuse rented property by "reasonable wear," though that may damage the property and injure its sale; he may abuse it by needless defacement or neglect. It is possible to abuse a man without harming him, as when the criminal vituperates the judge; or to harm a man without abusing him, as when the witness tells the truth about the criminal. Defame, malign, rail at, revile, slander, vilify, and vituperate are used always in a bad sense. One may be justly reproached. To impose on or to victimize one is to injure him by abusing his confidence. To persecute one is to ill-treat him for opinion's sake, commonly for religious belief; to oppress is generally for political or pecuniary motives. "Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy," Deut. xxiv, 14. Misemploy, misuse, and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to persons. A dissolute youth misemploys his time, misuses his money and opportunities, harms his associates, perverts his talents, wrongs his parents, ruins himself, abuses every good gift of God.

   Synonyms:
   abuse, aggrieve, damage, defame, defile, disparage, harm, ill-treat, ill-use, impose on, impose upon, injure, malign, maltreat, misemploy, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, prostitute, rail at, ravish, reproach, revile, ruin, slander, victimize, vilify, violate, vituperate, wrong

   Antonyms:
   applaud, benefit, care for, cherish, conserve, consider, eulogize, extol, favor, laud, panegyrize, praise, protect, regard, respect, shield, sustain, tend, uphold, vindicate

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1. pervert

   Synonyms:
   twist, distort, corrupt, falsify, misrepresent

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1. pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerateverb

   a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

   Synonyms:
   deviant, deviate, degenerate

2. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb

   corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, bring down, mislead, overthrow, alloy, misguide, twist, impair, misaddress, abuse, deflower, demoralise, cloud, misdirect, weaken, get down, debase, counteract, demoralize, sully, convolute, vitiate, profane, deject, lead astray, defile, desecrate, sophisticate, sabotage, load, countermine, mar, taint, overturn, stretch, invalidate, deprave, adulterate, dilute, twist around, undermine, buy, violate, grease one's palms, outrage, cast down, void, dispirit, depress, bribe, misuse, dismay, debauch, spoil, corrupt

3. twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticateverb

   practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

   "Don't twist my words"

   Synonyms:
   bend, wriggle, doctor up, wrick, doctor, wind, deform, twist, abuse, demoralise, rick, misdirect, debase, worm, demoralize, flex, convolute, writhe, profane, wrench, turn, sophisticate, convolve, subvert, vitiate, sprain, curve, deprave, twist around, corrupt, twine, distort, wrestle, squirm, debauch, misuse

4. pervert, misuse, abuseverb

   change the inherent purpose or function of something

   "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

   Synonyms:
   sophisticate, shout, vitiate, deprave, debauch, twist, ill-use, blackguard, twist around, subvert, misapply, profane, step, corrupt, debase, misdirect, demoralise, convolute, maltreat, misuse, abuse, demoralize, clapperclaw, ill-treat, mistreat

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1. pervertverb

   Synonyms:
   distort, stretch, falsify, make an ill use of

2. pervertverb

   Synonyms:
   entice, tempt, corrupt

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1. pervertverb

   Synonyms:
   lead astray, corrupt, debase, vitiate, misuse, misapply, misinterpret, distort, falsify

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1. List of paraphrases for "pervert":

   perv, perverts, kinky, creepwads, perverted, pedophile, voyeur, obsessed, molester, degenerate, deviant, peeper

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How to use pervert in a sentence?

1. Justus Walker:

   I think the sanctions do more harm to the market than good because they pervert the cost mechanism, we have no idea what our product is supposed to cost anymore.

2. Artist Annie Jeffs:

   I'm not very happy about the invitation of a misogynist, racist, pervert to my country, he should be vilified, not invited for a visit.

3. Denis Diderot:

   It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

4. Chuck Todd:

   So my concern on that is as you do this over time, you continue to pervert the news cycle, right? let's take this so-called controversy over critical race theory. And I say ‘so-called controversy’ because it's sort of – it's a creation… It's a faux controversy that's being ginned up. And I guess it just gets attention. It keeps people watching or it keeps people clicking or, you know, all of that. That's the concern.

5. F. Scott Fitzgerald:

   Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.