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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | crooked | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | |
| Synonyms: | deformed malformed misshapen ill-shapen | |
| Examples: | "deformed thalidomide babies" "his poor distorted limbs" "an ill-shapen vase" "a limp caused by a malformed foot" "misshapen old fingers" |
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| Related terms: | unshapely | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | |
| Synonyms: | deformed malformed misshapen ill-shapen | |
| Examples: | "deformed thalidomide babies" "his poor distorted limbs" "an ill-shapen vase" "a limp caused by a malformed foot" "misshapen old fingers" |
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| Related terms: | unshapely | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | |
| Synonyms: | twisted perverted misrepresented | |
| Examples: | "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality" "a perverted translation of the poem" |
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| Related terms: | disingenuous | |
| Similar spelling: |
distort distracted distortable distributed disturbed distractedly distortion distribute distressed distrust district distress distrait distract disturber distraint dioestrual dioestrous disturb distressing distressful |
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