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
Helen DudarHe was told he had a warped cornea due to surgery that had been performed years before.—B. J. Pollock
B. J. Pollock2
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
Ken AulettaIs it a country of great natural resources and human talent, caught in the grip of a warped dictator?—Thomas L. Friedman
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
John GrishamExamples of warped in a Sentence
tired of his sick jokes and warped sense of humor
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That total lack of self-awareness and disregard for consequences fed right into Epstein’s warped way of entrapping others.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
But things quickly go off the deep end as, either by some psychotropic drug or virtual reality shenanigans, the game’s world is literally turned upside down with roads, building, and more warped to twist into sky like something out of Inception.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
With respect to gender roles, for instance, the aggressive zombies incarnate a warped and rotted form of traditional masculinity, a perversion of the warrior ideal.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Importantly for the team's new measurements, something that arises from warped space-time (in the fourth dimension, remember) is that physical matter isn't the only thing affected by the warps.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
But things quickly go off the deep end as, either by some psychotropic drug or virtual reality shenanigans, the game’s world is literally turned upside down with roads, building, and more warped to twist into sky like something out of Inception.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
With respect to gender roles, for instance, the aggressive zombies incarnate a warped and rotted form of traditional masculinity, a perversion of the warrior ideal.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Importantly for the team's new measurements, something that arises from warped space-time (in the fourth dimension, remember) is that physical matter isn't the only thing affected by the warps.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for warped
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“Warped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warped. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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