perversive

adjective

Definition of perversivenext
as in indecent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perversive
  1. indecent
  2. filthy
  3. vulgar
  4. ribald
  5. unprintable
  6. lustful
  7. spicy
  8. lascivious
Adjective
  • Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.
    al, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Because there are more good people than indecent ones.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
Definition of indecent
Adjective
  • In the earlier seasons of the show, characters were often filthy, caked with dirt and blood, clothes tattered.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • The vast majority of females in the book are described with vulgar disrespect by the various characters and the narrator.
    Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of vulgar
Adjective
  • Much of the dialogue is hilariously ribald, especially in a locker room scene in which the two nude men share a tender familial embrace after comparing penises.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023
  • The couple became a symbol of marital stability in the freewheeling rock world, even as Charlie drummed for a band that was the most famously ribald band in music history.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Dec. 2022
Definition of ribald
Adjective
  • Roman drivers finally got some relief on Monday when, after 450 days of traffic chaos and unprintable curses, a ribbon-cutting ceremony heralded the opening of an underpass along the Tiber River near the Vatican that immediately cleared traffic from what is now Rome’s largest pedestrian area.
    Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the seventh inning, the chant toward Fisher became unprintable.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of unprintable
Adjective
  • Joining Thomas’s ensuing battle to save his wife from the lustful Orlok’s trance is Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz (Willem Dafoe).
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The British actor finds the humor and sensitivity in his lustful swain, and his mellifluous voice is perfectly matched to Shakespeare’s prose.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of lustful
Adjective
  • They are known for serving Sichuan, a specific type of Chinese cuisine that is hot and spicy.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The finish is long and sweet, with lingering fruity and spicy notes.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of spicy
Adjective
  • He was charged with seven counts of lewd and lascivious molestation against a child between 12 and 16 years old, three counts of offenses against students by authority figures, and three counts of lewd and lascivious behavior.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The goal of Troye and Charli’s austere, loud, lascivious evening is to take the sweet abandon of the club and scale it up to the arena.
    Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of lascivious
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