as in monstrous
badly or imperfectly formed
surgery to correct a distorted foot
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as in misrepresented
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
the coach's message was so distorted after passing through so many people that it was unintelligible
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as in deformed
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
if you keep distorting your face like that, someday it's going to freeze in that position
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Recent Examples of distorted
Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
His band delivered distorted guitar, thumping bass and gritty percussion.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
Therefore a crucial work in the career of one of the greatest of filmmakers is missing—and the understanding and appreciation of her career is distorted.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Many professionals have a distorted view of what makes someone a good manager, according to Askins.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
His band delivered distorted guitar, thumping bass and gritty percussion.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
But the speakers broke up and distorted at this volume.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
Therefore a crucial work in the career of one of the greatest of filmmakers is missing—and the understanding and appreciation of her career is distorted.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distorted
Adjective
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Just look at Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat, an anthology that quickly became a seasonal favorite with the help of Sam, a monstrous (and adorable) trick-or-treater wearing a burlap sack over his head.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Shohei Ohtani hit three monstrous home runs, which traveled over 400 feet each, and also recorded 10 strikeouts while delivering six shutout innings.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ronshausen later said Andrade coerced her into giving him information and misrepresented Uthmeier’s involvement.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Charlie Kirk’s letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been published in full, following accusations it had initially been misrepresented.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Both of the Yunxian skulls were deformed from millennia spent underground, but the second, known as Yunxian 2, was better preserved.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Some of her concerns exist because the pipeline sits in the open water of the Great Lakes and has been damaged multiple times by ship’s anchors, is subject to corrosion, and has been found to be bent and deformed by the extremely powerful currents in the Straits of Mackinac.—
Mike Shriberg,
The Conversation,
22 Sep. 2025
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Lately, Parker has also embraced the wabi-sabi ideal—that there is glory in irregularity, in something being vaguely misshapen.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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No franchise in Disney’s deep corporate Rolodex is more odd and misshapen than Tron.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Visconti said Kirk's detractors typically misinterpreted Kirk or twisted his comments out of context.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Young twisted his right ankle while unsuccessfully trying to avoid the Jets’ pass rush on Jowon Briggs’ sack late in the third quarter.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Rogalski contorted his body and got a foot down in bounds to secure the interception at Mahtomedi’s 42 yard line.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
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Some language just gets contorted in error.—
Louis J. Esterhazy,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Each agent must gracefully handle timeouts, malformed input or missing data from upstream components.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The third cub — a female — was found to have a malformed shoulder and elbow, likely congenital, as well as a bullet embedded in her front paw, Thompson said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Donnelly, meanwhile, recalled on the witness stand how he was repeatedly drowned, tortured and raped by Gacy, per court documents.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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In Elordi’s hands, the creature is a sensitive soul tortured by his own existence.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Distorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorted. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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