1
: twisted out of a natural or normal shape
a warped board
Before polishing began, warped panels were straightened and stripes of new wood added to compensate for shrinkage …Helen Dudar
He was told he had a warped cornea due to surgery that had been performed years before.B. J. Pollock
2
a
: eccentrically weird or strange
a warped sense of humor
b
: disturbingly abnormal or distorted
At his office one afternoon, he told me that he blames warped values for the drop in international-news coverage …Ken Auletta
Is it a country of great natural resources and human talent, caught in the grip of a warped dictator?Thomas L. Friedman
"He took an oath as a Klansman, and he has this really warped, romantic notion of a sacred vow he can never violate."John Grisham

Examples of warped in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web More than three years of distance from the daily onslaught has faded, changed — and in some cases, warped — Americans’ memories of events that at the time felt searing. Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024 And the difference between a galaxy’s warped appearance and its actual shape — the key to identifying invisible mass — is often very small, said Diana Scognamiglio of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Quanta Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024 The conversation ranged from the ways AI is used to create warped realities, how companies can fight back against misinformation, and why the major AI platforms haven’t focused on the disinformation problem. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024 The cause of the collapse was blamed on undersized gusset plates, and a warped plate bent away from the thicker steal beam it’s supposed to rest on serves as a stark visual reminder of the importance of sound civil engineering. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024 And don’t worry, White guarantees that airtightness and balanced ventilation won’t produce any warped air pressure pockets (see The Curse season finale). Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024 The contrast between the uproar in Russia over the raunchy celebrity party and the silence over the deadly attacks on Ukraine highlighted the warped information space that has emerged in Russia in the nearly two years since Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Paul Sonne, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024 Other clues in the high-resolution version include a wedding band on the finger of the never-married Epstein, a warped face in the background behind Trump’s right shoulder and inconsistent reflections of the objects on the table. Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024 In his warped retelling, Putin said Navalny was the equivalent of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili – or the equivalent of Ukrainians who rallied in Kyiv’s Maidan Square to oppose Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, who fled the country in early 2014. Nathan Hodge, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of warped was in the 15th century

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“Warped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warped. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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