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warp

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of warp

an immaterial thing upon which something else rests

An unshakable belief in the essential goodness of humankind is the warp of his philosophy.

Synonyms of warp

base, basis, bedrock, bottom, cornerstone, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, keystone, root, underpinning, warp and woof

Words Related to warp

anchorage, bed, brace, bulwark, buttress, framework, infrastructure, mount, prop, shore, stay, substratum, substructure, support

assumption, justification, premise (also premiss), presumption, presupposition, rationale, supposition, theory, thesis, warrant

backbone, center, core, cornerstone, eye, focus, heart, hub, kernel, keystone, nucleus, seat

essence, quintessence, soul, touchstone

warp

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of warp

1 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

The faulty English translation really warps the meaning of the original Russian text.

Synonyms of warp

bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, garble, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist

Words Related to warp

misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate

belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash

bowdlerize, censor

complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up)

mystify, obscure

equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate

Near Antonyms of warp

clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out

2 to lower in character, dignity, or quality

claims that violent movies warp the values of viewers

Synonyms of warp

abase, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate

Words Related to warp

befoul, begrime, contaminate, defile, dilute, dirty, pollute, taint, thin, water down, weaken

disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame, take down

blemish, damage, deface, destroy, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, mar, ruin, spoil, stain, tarnish, wreck

depreciate, downgrade

Near Antonyms of warp

dignify, exalt, honor

ameliorate, amend, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect

clarify, clean, cleanse, purify, refine, restore

Antonyms of warp

elevate, ennoble, uplift

3 to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition

Freezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit.

Synonyms of warp

contort, deform, distort, misshape, screw, squinch, torture

Words Related to warp

deface, disfigure

wrench, wrest, wring

coil, curl, loop, spiral, twine, wind, wreathe

Near Antonyms of warp

straighten, unbend, uncurl

Synonym Discussion of warp

deform, distort, contort, warp means to mar or spoil by or as if by twisting. deform may imply a change of shape through stress, injury, or accident of growth.

- a face deformed by hatred

distort and contort both imply a wrenching from the natural or normal, but contort suggests a more involved twisting and a more grotesque and painful result.

- the odd camera angle distorts the figure
- disease had contorted her body

warp indicates an uneven shrinking that bends or twists out of a flat plane.

- warped floorboards

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