PERVERTING Synonyms

• seducing into corrupt practices

• harmful to the mind or morals

• that infects or taints

• used of conduct; characterized by dishonor

• the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

• the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the act of rotating rapidly

• marked by repeated turns and bends

• a moral or mental distortion

• To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

• To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

• To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.

• To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

• form into a spiral shape

• twist and press out of shape

• affect as in thought or feeling

• alter the shape of (something) by stress

• To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.

• represent falsely

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• having an oblique or slanting direction or position

• turn or place at an angle

• cause the downfall of; of rulers

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• to raze to the ground, also figuratively

• the state of being contaminated

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• contaminate with a disease or microorganism

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• hollow out as if making a cave or opening

• lacking in integrity

• not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

• containing errors or alterations

• touched by rot or decay

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• alter from the original

• improper or excessive use

• apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• an unforeseen development

• an interpretation of a text or action

• any clever maneuver

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• a circular segment of a curve

• a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

• a jerky pulling movement

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s

• the act of winding or twisting

• turning or twisting around (in place)

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• turn in the opposite direction

• form into a spiral shape

• form into twists

• extend in curves and turns

• do the twist

• twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

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

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• turn aside; turn away from

• send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one

• occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

• withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

• apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

• an indication of potential opportunity

• castrated bull

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• direct (oneself) somewhere

• be a guiding or motivating force or drive