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pervert
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of PERVERT
1
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of <that summary really perverts the other candidate's views on taxes>
Synonyms bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp
Related Words misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate; belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash; bowdlerize, censor; complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up); mystify, obscure; equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate
2
to lower in character, dignity, or quality <a movie that perverted the Bible story by reveling in the sinners' lewd behavior until just before the moment of divine retribution>
Synonyms abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp
Related Words befoul, begrime, contaminate, defile, dilute, dirty, pollute, taint, thin, water down, weaken; descend; disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame, take down; blemish, damage, deface, destroy, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, mar, ruin, spoil, stain, tarnish, wreck; depreciate, downgrade
3
to put to a bad or improper use <accused of perverting the Internal Revenue Service by using it to harass political opponents>
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