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单词 perverter
释义

pervert

1 of 2

verb

per·​vert pər-ˈvərt How to pronounce pervert (audio)
perverted; perverting; perverts

transitive verb

1
a
: to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
b
: to cause to turn aside or away from what is generally done or accepted : misdirect
2
a
: to divert to a wrong end or purpose : misuse
b
: to twist the meaning or sense of : misinterpret
perverter noun

pervert

2 of 2

noun

per·​vert ˈpər-ˌvərt How to pronounce pervert (audio)
: one that has been perverted
specifically : one given to some form of sexual perversion

Synonyms

Verb

  • bend
  • color
  • cook
  • distort
  • falsify
  • fudge
  • garble
  • misinterpret
  • misrelate
  • misrepresent
  • misstate
  • slant
  • twist
  • warp

Noun

  • backslider
  • debauchee
  • debaucher
  • decadent
  • degenerate
  • deviate
  • libertine
  • perv
  • profligate
  • rake
  • rakehell
  • rip
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Example Sentences

Verb people who pervert their religion to support violence They perverted the truth to help further their careers. movies that pervert the minds of young people by glorifying violence Noun a pervert who, because of years of bad choices, couldn't get a job
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The major social-media and tech companies have already done their share to pervert civil discourse and shatter consensus and squelch reason, all to make a buck. Sam Lipsyte, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 Yet Cry Macho, though minor, confronts the craven politics that pervert parenthood and international responsibility — whether volatile, unresolved concerns at the U.S.—Mexico border or the hasty, humiliating Afghanistan evacuation. Armond White, National Review, 17 Sep. 2021 Its crowded stadium shots present us with the contemporary mystery of how masses of friendly people later convert into the opposition — the spirit of brotherhood that politics currently pervert. Kyle Smith, National Review, 6 Aug. 2021 Money can really inform and pervert our most intimate relationships, beyond just the employee-guest relationship at the hotel. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 18 July 2021 Most presidents won't pervert the conduct of their office the way Trump did. Star Tribune, 23 Jan. 2021 The Gettysburg gambit is just his latest attempt to appropriate American history and symbology and pervert it to suit his ends. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2020 But then Kaepernick’s message, as messages often do, became perverted into a debate that had nothing to do with his point. Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 6 June 2020 McNeil isn’t oblivious to the dark side of lurking, the way certain corners of the internet study discourses to mimic, troll, or pervert them. Adrian Daub, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2020
Noun
And at the other end of the spectrum, some people utilized the photo to underscore how Smith was a schemer and a pervert. The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022 Fighting with one another is weakening our pervert brand. David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 Brandon is spiraling down the pervert drain to be eventually flushed out into the ocean of depravity. Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 15 Feb. 2022 The article begins, A serial pervert has been terrorizing a Brooklyn neighborhood by repeatedly exposing himself to kids — but keeps getting cut loose thanks to New York’s lax bail reform laws . . . Swell. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Sep. 2021 Infectious Diseases was a liar and pervert, the newspaper reported. Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021 The story of the shifting, creative ways that shame and denial pervert our social arrangements cannot be told too many times. Christine Smallwood, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021 Faxe the Foreteller centers an amazing scene, in a high hall, surrounded by eight other proleptic figures, two of them being quite insane and one a curious male pervert. Harold Bloom, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2020 The chief barged into the police interrogation room where the man, handcuffed to the floor, called him a pervert. New York Times, 17 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French purvertir, pervertir, from Latin pervertere to overturn, corrupt, pervert, from per- thoroughly + vertere to turn — more at per-, worth

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

1501, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

pervert 1 of 2

transitive verb

per·​vert pər-ˈvərt How to pronounce pervert (audio)
: to cause to engage in perversion or to become perverted

pervert

2 of 2

noun

per·​vert ˈpər-ˌvərt How to pronounce pervert (audio)
: one that has been perverted
specifically : one given to some form of sexual perversion

perverter

noun

as in debaucher

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • debaucher
  • corrupter
  • undoer
  • debaser
  • degrader
  • corruptor
  • briber
  • inducer
  • depraver
  • tantalizer
  • persuader
  • temptress
  • seducer
  • beguiler
  • inveigler
  • siren
  • tempter
  • solicitor
  • baiter
  • enchantress
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