1
[ adjective ] strained or wrenched out of normal shape

Synonyms

twisted contorted

Examples

"old trees with contorted branches" "scorched and distorted fragments of steel" "trapped under twisted steel girders"

Used in print

(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)

Harold_Clurman is right to say that `` Waiting_for_Godot '' is a reflection ( he calls it a distorted reflection ) `` of the impasse and disarray of Europe 's present politics , ethic , and common way_of_life '' .

Related terms

crooked

2
[ adjective ] so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

Examples

"deformed thalidomide babies" "his poor distorted limbs" "an ill-shapen vase" "a limp caused by a malformed foot" "misshapen old fingers"

Related terms

unshapely

3
[ adjective ] so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

Examples

"deformed thalidomide babies" "his poor distorted limbs" "an ill-shapen vase" "a limp caused by a malformed foot" "misshapen old fingers"

Related terms

unshapely

4
[ adjective ] having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

Examples

"many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality" "a perverted translation of the poem"

Related terms

disingenuous

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