perverted
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Synonyms & Antonyms for perverted
Synonyms
corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped
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To preserve this perverted state of affairs, a gap between what is said and what is felt must be actively cultivated. — Tim Parks, Harper's magazine, "Murder Italian Style," 19 Aug. 2019 Terror, Billy’s perverted dog in the comics, will also be coming out of retirement, if only for one big episode. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "The Boys season 2 gets a blood-soaked first look: 'We're up to our old tricks'," 10 Aug. 2019 Manson had been vaguely associated with the California counterculture, though the cult leader twisted those ideas to fit his own perverted ends. — Alejandro De La Garza, Time, "The True Story Behind Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood," 26 July 2019 Two things should dissuade us from such a perverted reading of scripture. — Jonathan L. Walton, Time, "Why Authoritarians Love to Quote This Bible Passage," 22 June 2018 The first two follow women negotiating motherhood and an affair, respectively; the latter centers on what is essentially a perverted stay-at-home dad. — Jason Kehe, WIRED, "Sci-Fi Invades Netflix—as They Both Invade Your Home," 9 July 2018 But much to her dismay and disgust, Facebook restrictions weren't enough to stop one perverted hacker. — Kayla Keegan, Redbook, "Horrified Mom Discovers Her 8-Year-Old Daughter's Facebook Photos On A Porn Site," 6 May 2015 Apparently, nobody's safe from Kimmel's perverted wrath. — Fox News, "Gorka: Instead of learning from 2016, the press doubled down," 6 Apr. 2018 What if the victims were not real, but instead figments of a perverted imagination? — Mitchel Benson, sacbee, "Review: Cap Stages’ compelling ‘The Nether’ plays like a live-action episode of ‘Black Mirror’ | The Sacramento Bee," 31 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'perverted.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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perverted
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