Meaning & use
Pervy
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Informally, having or showing an unwholesome or sexually inappropriate interest in something.
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He got a pervy look on his face and everyone in the room felt uncomfortable.
The film was criticized for its pervy camera angles that lingered too long on the characters.
A note on using this word
An informal shortening of 'perverted,' commonly used in casual British and American speech to describe unsettling or leering behavior.
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