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

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Verb

distorted

simple past tense and past participle of distort

Source: Wiktionary

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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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