"pervy" meaning in English

See pervy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-pervy.ogg Forms: pervier [comparative], perviest [superlative]
Etymology: perv + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|perv|y}} perv + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} pervy (comparative pervier, superlative perviest)
  1. (slang) Behaving or looking like a sexual pervert. Tags: slang Synonyms: perverted (english: more formal) Translations (like a sexual pervert): pervers (Dutch), pervers (German), pervertido (Spanish), rarito (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for pervy meaning in English (1.9kB)

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