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English Dictionary: distorted	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for distorted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distorted 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" Synonym(s): deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen 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" Synonym(s): distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distort \Distort"\, 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.