WARPED Synonyms: 184 Similar and Opposite Words

warped 1 of 2

adjective

ˈwȯrpt

Definition of warped

as in degraded

having or showing lowered moral character or standards tired of his sick jokes and warped sense of humor

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warped

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verb

past tense of warp

as in distorted

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

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as in corrupted

to lower in character, dignity, or quality claims that violent movies warp the values of our young people

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as in deformed

to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition freezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit

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Recent Examples of warped

Adjective

The following adventure is a wild blend of time travel, crime, and a warped version of reality. — Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Pans that are flush with the surface transfer uniform heat, but warped pans are more likely to have hot and cold spots. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

Enough of our natural world has been warped by human intervention. — John Hodgman, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile decades of research shows that memories can easily be warped each time they’re recalled—a truth that suggests eyewitness accounts should be taken with enormous grains of salt. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warped

Recent Examples of Synonyms for warped

Adjective

Design choices previously thought to boost power, such as widening the gap between electrodes, actually degraded performance under true operating conditions.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Initially, Pike’s attorneys and several death penalty experts raised the possibility that the drugs may have been too old or degraded to work as intended.

— Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of degraded

Verb

Americans may disagree on solutions, but many share the belief that financial incentives have distorted the system beyond recognition.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Working from a plus-size model’s body as her starting point for pattern-making, silhouettes were subsequently distorted, creating a second layer that appeared to slip and warp around the body.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of distorted

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The original 1971 experiment was conducted by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo, who arbitrarily split volunteers into two groups—inmates and guards—and observed how power corrupted them.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Rousseau argued that societies were happiest before agriculture and metal production corrupted them.

— Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of corrupted

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On a map, Newfoundland is a vast, asymmetrical island, cloven by bays and inlets, semi-detached to appendages of land deformed by ancient glaciers scraping over it, leaving glacial striations, grooves and gouges on its granite face.

— Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
In other words, two objects are considered topologically identical if they can be deformed into one another without tearing holes in them or gluing them together at any point.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of deformed

Adjective

The most egregious perpetrators of fraud in the industry were corrupt doctors who were paid by patients to send insurance companies medical examination reports that omitted unfavorable findings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
That unaffordability, Talarico argued at the nighttime rally in Texas that was packed with younger voters, is because billionaires and corrupt politicians have rigged the system.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of corrupt

Verb

Policyholders and retirees have since filed lawsuits alleging that the insurers misrepresented their investments.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Officials said the filings misrepresented the number of employees and total wages paid, and were used to apply for large ERC and SFLC refunds.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of misrepresented

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Black voter turnout surges Another factor working in Democrats' favor this election cycle is a surge in Black turnout following a Supreme Court decision that weakened part of the Voting Rights Act.

— Stephen Fowler, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Conditions were expected to improve Saturday afternoon as winds weakened, with fair and dry weather forecast for the remainder of the weekend.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026