Definitions for deviant

deviant de·vi·ant

Spelling: [dee-vee-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈdi vi ənt/

Deviant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 233 anagrams from letters in deviant (adeintv).

Definitions for deviant

noun

  1. a person or thing that deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm.

adjective

  1. deviating or departing from the norm; characterized by deviation:

Origin of deviant

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin dēviant- (stem of dēviāns, present participle of dēviāre to deviate), equivalent to Latin dē- de- + vi(

Examples for deviant

Under the circumstances, deviant behavior could not be tolerated.

The report made reference to “the deviant group,” the preferred euphemism that state-run media there uses for al Qaeda.

One of the individuals said to belong to the “deviant trend” is Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.

Republicans have long seen themselves as synonymous with America, and everyone else as deviant and marginal.

It became official record, and my experience was the deviant.

There's nothing shameful, deviant or weird about either of them.

When a person is judged by social standards to be deviant and even evil, however, it is difficult to summon caring.

The "deviant trend" is a title used by those who oppose Ahmadinejad to describe certain people close to him, including Mashaei.

It smelled the outpouring of certain glands, tasted a deviant brain wave.

People whose greatest crime might have been lack of enthusiasm feared that they might be suspected of deviant political beliefs.

Word Value for deviant
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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