Dictionary Entry
pervert
pervert is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To turnanother way; to divert. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To turnanother way; to divert.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3intransitive verb
To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
- 4noun
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert.
- 5noun
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
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- 6verb
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"
- 7verb
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
"Don't twist my words"
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- 8verb
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
"debauch the young people with wine and women"
"Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
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