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- Dictionarydistorted/dɪˈstɔːtɪd/
adjective
- 1. pulled or twisted out of shape; contorted. Similar Opposite
- 2. giving a misleading or false account or impression; misrepresented: "his report gives a distorted view of the meeting" Similar Opposite
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DISTORTED definition: 1. pulled into or appearing as a strange or unnatural shape: 2. false or wrong: 3. If a sound…. Learn more.
DISTORTED definition: not truly or completely representing the facts or reality ; misrepresented; false | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
DISTORT definition: 1. to change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural: 2. to change something…. Learn more.
: altered from a true, natural, or normal state, shape, or condition. a distorted image. a distorted view/understanding of the situation. a distorted account of what happened. The public is, I believe, dimly aware of this aspect of ethnography, perhaps in romantically distorted ways, but aware nonetheless. Roy A. Rappaport.
Definition of 'distort' distort. (dɪstɔːʳt ) Word forms: distorts , distorting , distorted. 1. verb. If you distort a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way. The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad. [VERB noun] The minister has said his remarks at the weekend have been distorted.
Definition of distorted adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Distorted definition: not truly or completely representing the facts or reality; misrepresented; false. See examples of DISTORTED used in a sentence.
1. : to twist (see twist entry 1 sense 3b) out of the true meaning or proportion : to alter to give a false or unnatural picture or account. distorted the facts. 2. : to twist out of a natural, normal, or original shape or condition. a face distorted by pain. also : to cause to be perceived unnaturally. the new lights distorted colors.
Definitions of distorted. adjective. so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly. “his poor distorted limbs” synonyms: deformed, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen. unshapely. not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape. adjective. having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented. synonyms: misrepresented, perverted, twisted.
to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers. to give a false, perverted, or disproportionate meaning to; misrepresent: to distort the facts. Synonyms: misstate, falsify, twist, misconstrue, pervert.
