Definition of "pervert" []

To cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt. (verb-transitive)
To bring to a bad or worse condition; debase. (verb-transitive)
To put to a wrong or improper use; misuse. See Synonyms at corrupt. (verb-transitive)
To interpret incorrectly; misconstrue or distort: an analysis that perverts the meaning of the poem. (verb-transitive)
One who practices sexual perversion. (noun)

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Use "pervert" in a sentence

"Oxford, and then became what we call a pervert, and what I suppose they call a convert."
"He took his degree at Oxford, and then became what we call a pervert, and what I suppose they call a convert."
"At some point, probably in the 1980s, the "power-elite of the media" decided that it was no longer appropriate to use the word "pervert" to describe homosexuals."

Words like "pervert"

apostate apostatize convert corrupt

degenerate degrade denote deprave

perverse perversion perverted

pervertibility

pervertibly

perverting perverts refer