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DISTORTED
distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted
(adjective) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; “many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality”; “a perverted translation of the poem”
deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen
(adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; “deformed thalidomide babies”; “his poor distorted limbs”; “an ill-shapen vase”; “a limp caused by a malformed foot”; “misshapen old fingers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
distorted
simple past tense and past participle of distort
Source: Wiktionary
DISTORT
Dis*tort", a. Etym: [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.]
Definition: Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. Spenser.
Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.]
1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. Thackeray.
2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. Tillotson.
3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
Syn.
– To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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