deviant

3 definitions found

deviant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deviant \De"vi*ant\, a.
     1. Deviating. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. having behavior or characteristics differing from that
        which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable
        or socially disapproved manner; as, deviant behavior.
  
     Syn: deviate. [PJC]

deviant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deviant
      adj 1: markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant
             behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: aberrant, deviant,
             deviate]
      n 1: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
           especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant,
           deviate, degenerate]

deviant - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "deviant":
     aberrant, abnormal, bent, bizarre, curious, deviate, deviating,
     different, divergent, eccentric, freaky, homosexual, idiosyncratic,
     kinky, odd, offbeat, peculiar, queer, quirky, singular, strange,
     uncommon, unusual, weird