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distorted

dis·tor·ted

UK/dɪsˈtɔːtɪd/ US/dɪsˈtɔɹtɪd/ fairly common

adjective

1.

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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2.

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.

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”

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