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dis·tort·ed

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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

    of Distort

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. Robert Streiffer:

    We’re in an area where information is easily twisted and distorted both on purpose and accidentally — some of it is quite complicated, the standard should be pretty narrow in terms of what kind of things are required for a candidate to disclose.

  2. Vanna Bonta:

    Recognition of one’s fellows is distorted when money is prioritized as value itself.

  3. Steve Maraboli:

    If your vision becomes distorted, your journey becomes delayed.”

  4. Seth Winter:

    It sounds a little bit distorted or perverse, whatever the appropriate word is, but it just raises awareness that there are Olympic Games going on in South America and you'd have to be hibernating under a rock not to understand that.

  5. Alec Baldwin:

    Not only is the truth being manipulated, it is being withheld or being distorted -- people are beginning to adjust to that and accept that and sit there and say,' Well, I'll find another source,' they will seek a source of information and if you're seeking a source of information and relying on one that doesn't value the truth, then that's one set of circumstances.

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