tr.v., -vert·ed, -vert·ing, -verts.

1. To cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt.
2. To bring to a bad or worse condition; debase.
3. To put to a wrong or improper use; misuse. See synonyms at corrupt.
4. To interpret incorrectly; misconstrue or distort: an analysis that perverts the meaning of the poem.

n. (pûr'vûrt')

One who practices sexual perversion.

[Middle English perverten, from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere : per-, per- + vertere, to turn.]

perverter per·vert'er n.
pervertible per·vert'i·ble adj.

verb

1. To ruin utterly in character or quality: animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, stain, vitiate, warp. See clean/dirty, help/harm/harmless.
2. To use wrongly and improperly: abuse, misapply, misappropriate, mishandle, misuse. See treat well/treat badly/treat.
3. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly: belie, color, distort, falsify, load, misrepresent, misstate, twist, warp, wrench, wrest. Idioms: give a false coloring to. See true/false.

noun

One whose sexual behavior differs from the accepted norm: deviant, deviate. See usual/unusual, sex/asexual.

v

Definition: twist, turn around
Antonyms: leave alone, straighten

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fordærve, depravere, forstyrre, pervers
n. - seksuelt afvigende person

Nederlands (Dutch)
corrumperen, verdraaien, misbruiken, pervers iemand

Français (French)
v. tr. - corrompre, travestir, dénaturer, fausser (les valeurs), (Jur) entraver
n. - pervers

Deutsch (German)
v. - pervertieren
n. - Perverser

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαστρέφω, διαστρεβλώνω, διαφθείρω
n. - διεστραμμένος, ανώμαλος, βιτσιόζος, εκφυλισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
pervertire, corrompere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - perverter, corromper, deturpar
n. - pervertido (m)

Русский (Russian)
развращать, искажать, извращенец

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - corromper, desnaturalizar
n. - pervertido

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förvränga, fördärva, förleda, avfalla
n. - pervers person, avfälling

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使堕落, 滥用, 歪曲, 堕落者, 变态者

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使墮落, 濫用, 歪曲
n. - 墮落者, 變態者

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 오해하다, 역[악]용하다, 유혹하다, 배교자가 되다
n. - 사도에 빠진 사람, 배교자, 성욕 도착자

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 踏み外させる, 意味をゆがめる, 曲解する, 悪用する
n. - 変質者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفسد, يضل, يسيء الاستعمال (الاسم) منحرف جنسيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עיוות, סילף, התעה, השחית, היטה מדרך הישר, השפיע לרעה‬
n. - ‮סוטה-מין, מושחת, מעוות‬

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