perverted (adj.)

  1. (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; kinky sex; perverted practices

    [ Syn: kinky ]

  2. having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality; a perverted translation of the poem

    [ Syn: distorted , misrepresented , twisted ]

  3. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; depraved criminals; a perverted sense of loyalty; the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat

    [ Syn: depraved , perverse , reprobate ]

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