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PERVERT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

Synonyms:

degenerate; deviant; deviate; pervert

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pervert" is a kind of...):

miscreant; reprobate (a person without moral scruples)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pervert"):

bugger; sod; sodomist; sodomite (someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male))

lech; lecher; letch; satyr (man with strong sexual desires)

sadomasochist (someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism)

sadist (someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others)

paedophile; pedophile (an adult who is sexually attracted to children)

child molester; paederast; pederast (a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner)

nympho; nymphomaniac (a woman with abnormal sexual desires)

masochist (someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment)

fetishist (one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature))

Derivation:

pervert (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change the inherent purpose or function of something

Example:

The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers

Synonyms:

abuse; misuse; pervert

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "pervert" is one way to...):

expend; use (use up, consume fully)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pervert"):

fracture (violate or abuse)

take in vain (use a name, such as God, without proper respect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

perversion (the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

Example:

Don't twist my words

Synonyms:

convolute; pervert; sophisticate; twist; twist around

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "pervert" is one way to...):

denote; refer (have as a meaning)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

Example:

corrupt the morals

Synonyms:

corrupt; debase; debauch; demoralise; demoralize; deprave; misdirect; pervert; profane; subvert; vitiate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "pervert" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pervert"):

carnalise; carnalize; sensualise; sensualize (debase through carnal gratification)

infect (corrupt with ideas or an ideology)

lead astray; lead off (teach immoral behavior to)

poison (spoil as if by poison)

bastardise; bastardize (change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms)

suborn (incite to commit a crime or an evil deed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

perversive (tending to corrupt or pervert)

pervert (a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior)

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