pervert | | |
n. (person) | 1. degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert | a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. |
| ~ fetishist | one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature). |
| ~ masochist | someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment. |
| ~ nympho, nymphomaniac | a woman with abnormal sexual desires. |
| ~ child molester, paederast, pederast | a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner. |
| ~ paedophile, pedophile | an adult who is sexually attracted to children. |
| ~ miscreant, reprobate | a person without moral scruples. |
| ~ sadist | someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others. |
| ~ sadomasochist | someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism. |
| ~ lech, lecher, letch, satyr | man with strong sexual desires. |
| ~ bugger, sodomist, sodomite, sod | someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male). |
v. (social) | 2. corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ carnalise, sensualise, carnalize, sensualize | debase through carnal gratification. |
| ~ infect | corrupt with ideas or an ideology.; "society was infected by racism" |
| ~ lead astray, lead off | teach immoral behavior to.; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" |
| ~ poison | spoil as if by poison.; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office" |
| ~ bastardise, bastardize | change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms. |
| ~ suborn | incite to commit a crime or an evil deed.; "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife" |
v. (communication) | 3. convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around | practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.; "Don't twist my words" |
| ~ denote, refer | have as a meaning.; "`multi-' denotes `many' " |
v. (change) | 4. abuse, misuse, pervert | change the inherent purpose or function of something.; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" |
| ~ fracture | violate or abuse.; "This writer really fractures the language" |
| ~ expend, use | use up, consume fully.; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" |
| ~ take in vain | use a name, such as God, without proper respect. |
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