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Meaning of DISTORTED

Pronunciation:  di'stortid

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  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"
  2. [adj]  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"
  3. [adj]  strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders"
 
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 Synonyms: artful, contorted, crooked, deformed, disingenuous, ill-shapen, malformed, misrepresented, misshapen, perverted, twisted, unshapely
 

 

 

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