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perverted

UK/pə'vɜːtɪd/US/pә:'vә:tid/
C2

Definitions

adj.

Distorted or corrupted from what is normal or right; sexually deviant.

扭曲的,败坏的;变态的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
per-through, thoroughly
+
vertturn
+
-edpast tense / completed
=perverted

Past participle of pervert (turn thoroughly astray) used as an adjective: twisted away from what is normal or proper.

Root vers still carries 91 more words

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He took a perverted pleasure in their discomfort.

  • 2.

    The story has a strange, perverted logic to it.

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