pervy

English

Etymology

From perv +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pervy (comparative pervier, superlative perviest)

1. (slang) Behaving or looking like a sexual pervert.
   • 2007, Alexandra Heminsley, Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Dumps You:

     The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic.

Synonyms

• perverted (more formal)

Antonyms

• normophilic

Derived terms

• nonpervy
• pervily
• perviness

Translations

like a sexual pervert

Dutch: pervers (nl) German: pervers (de) Spanish: pervertido (es), rarito (es)