perverse vs perverted

perverse

Definitions

adjective

  1. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
  2. resistant to guidance or discipline
  3. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict

Examples

I have what I call perverse desire, which I think is key to being an artist of any kind.

In a perverse way it might be quite fun.

The way targets are being implemented is also having perverse effects.

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perverted

Definitions

adjective

  1. having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
  2. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
  3. (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes

Examples

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By then though, it was too late and the story had been twisted so far out of recognition that the forced references to things like Namek, Oozaru, and Roshi's pervertedness just seemed out of place and stupid.

There seemed to my perverted sense a certain poetic justice about the fact that money, gained honestly but prosaically, in groceries or gas, should go to regild an ancient blazon or prop up the crumbling walls of some stately palace abroad.

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