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Princeton's WordNet

  1. deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapenadjective

    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"

  2. distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twistedadjective

    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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  1. distorted

    Distorted generally refers to something that has been twisted or altered in a way that it becomes misshapen or inaccurately represented. This could apply to physical objects, perceptions, sounds, or information that have been changed from their original or true states, often leading to misinterpretation or misunderstanding. The term is used in various contexts such as in art, psychology, communication, and electronics.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Distorted

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Wikidata

  1. Distorted

    Distorted is a progressive death/doom metal band from Bat-Yam, Israel.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of distorted in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of distorted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of distorted in a Sentence

  1. George Soros:

    Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

  2. Randall Schriver:

    What we are concerned about is the heavier hand from Beijing and how that can be distorted and turned into something more repressive, the general trend is concerning, that we're seeing less autonomy, more influence from Beijing, heavier hand from the authorities there, and in general an erosion of the things that were promised the people of Hong Kong.

  3. Nicolaus Seefeld:

    Unfortunately, it was not possible to examine the strontium isotope ratio of the remaining individuals, because the teeth were too decayed and the result would have been distorted.

  4. Jeff Melvoin:

    Talking perceptions, people. Do we really see each other for what we really are, or do we just see what we want to see, the image distorted by our own personal lenses I lost someone today and the funny thing is, I don't even know who she was.

  5. Flavio Volpe:

    The administration has always had a distorted sense of the national interest because they confuse it with the re-election of a president who would sell it to pay personal debts.

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