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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for distorted

Verb

1. falsify, distort, garble, warp, misrepresent, belie
usage: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
2. twist, twine, distort, change shape, change form, deform
usage: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
3. contort, deform, distort, wring, twist, twine, distort
usage: twist and press out of shape
4. tinge, color, colour, distort, affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
usage: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
5. deform, distort, strain, shape, form
usage: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

Adjective

1. contorted, distorted, twisted, crooked (vs. straight)
usage: strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders"
2. deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen, unshapely (vs. shapely)
usage: 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. distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted, disingenuous (vs. ingenuous), artful
usage: 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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