perverted

[ per-vur-tid ]

adjective

1. Pathology. changed to or being of an unnatural or abnormal kind:

   a perverted interest in death.

2. turned from what is right; wicked; misguided; distorted.
3. affected with or caused by perversion.

Other Words From

• per·verted·ly adverb
• per·verted·ness noun
• nonper·verted adjective
• nonper·verted·ly adverb
• unper·verted adjective
• unper·verted·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of perverted¹

First recorded in 1660–70; pervert + -ed ²

Example Sentences

No candidate has so completely perverted the concept of fairness, either.

From Slate

“We have become a society profoundly perverted by narco money,” he said the other day.

From Los Angeles Times

Ultimately, Sims argued, that messaging is yet another symptom of a “perverted racism” designed to pit oppressed groups against each other.

From Slate

The Raw Egg Nationalist also wrote in 2022 that plant-based meat substitutes and eggs are "perverted" products pushed by elites to bring civilization to "the brink of madness."

From Salon

Corker also perverted another protest slogan into an attack on workers by declaring, “the whole world is watching.”

From Los Angeles Times