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单词 distorted
释义

distorted

adjective

dis·​tort·​ed di-ˈstȯr-təd How to pronounce distorted (audio)
: 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
What happens is that you realize people in other countries tend to reach distorted conclusions about the U.S., and you feel obligated to provide what you believe is a full and balanced appraisal. Norman Cousins

Synonyms

  • deformed
  • malformed
  • misshapen
  • monstrous
  • shapeless
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Word History

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined above

distorted 1 of 2

adjective

as in deformed
badly or imperfectly formed surgery to correct a distorted foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deformed
  • monstrous
  • misshapen
  • malformed
  • crooked
  • mutant
  • disfigured
  • shapeless
  • ugly
  • abnormal
  • unbalanced
  • horrible
  • lopsided
  • aberrant
  • terrible
  • asymmetrical
  • disproportionate
  • freakish
  • horrific
  • unequal
  • defaced
  • irregular
  • nonsymmetrical
  • unattractive
  • asymmetric
  • overbalanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • undeformed
  • flawless
  • perfect
  • shapely

distorted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of distort
1
as in misrepresented
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of the coach's message was so distorted after passing through so many people that it was unintelligible

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • misrepresented
  • twisted
  • perverted
  • warped
  • obscured
  • misinterpreted
  • garbled
  • falsified
  • slanted
  • complicated
  • misstated
  • colored
  • cooked
  • censored
  • fudged
  • confused
  • bent
  • misrelated
  • masked
  • disguised
  • mistranslated
  • camouflaged
  • veiled
  • bowdlerized
  • misdescribed
  • whitewashed
  • lied
  • misspoke
  • dissembled
  • belied
  • mystified
  • confounded
  • mistook
  • fibbed
  • prevaricated
  • equivocated
  • paltered
  • glossed (over)
  • mixed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • interpreted
  • explained
  • illustrated
  • illuminated
  • clarified
  • cleared (up)
  • spelled out
  • deciphered
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2
as in contorted
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition if you keep distorting your face like that, someday it's going to freeze in that position

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • deformed
  • contorted
  • warped
  • tortured
  • screwed
  • misshaped
  • curled
  • disfigured
  • squinched
  • defaced
  • looped
  • coiled
  • wound
  • wrenched
  • spiraled
  • winded
  • spiralled
  • wrung
  • twined
  • wreathed
  • wrested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • straightened
  • uncurled
  • unbent
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