as in monstrous
badly or imperfectly formed
surgery to correct a distorted foot
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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
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as in deformed
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
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Recent Examples of distorted
Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
The distorted cells lodge in blood vessels instead of slipping smoothly through them as round red blood cells do.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Melvin Backman, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2024
The voice is distorted enough to give away that this couldn’t possibly be the real James, and yet, Isaac’s dogged determination to protect the creature is fueled by its haunting professions of love for the child.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
In Agatha All Along, the infamous Agatha Harkness finds herself down and out of power after the suspicious goth Teen helps break her free from a distorted spell.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
The distorted cells lodge in blood vessels instead of slipping smoothly through them as round red blood cells do.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Verb
The data that the central bank uses to make all sorts of decisions about the economy will be distorted as people recover.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2024
The voice is distorted enough to give away that this couldn’t possibly be the real James, and yet, Isaac’s dogged determination to protect the creature is fueled by its haunting professions of love for the child.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
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Gila Monster The gila monster does look, indeed, monstrous.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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The Hangman was the illusion of a monster, created by a monster to absorb the fallout of his monstrous deeds.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
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Most recently, Nance misrepresented the status of the investigation in a questionnaire sent to her by the League of Women Voters.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
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Just think of the serpent in the Garden of Eden who misrepresented God's command not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil to entice the first humans to do just that.Pia Lauritzen, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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In the interview, Northam was discussing legislation in Virginia and a hypothetical situation in which a mother’s life was in danger during delivery involving a severely deformed or non-viable fetus.Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
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In reality, however, the root cause of violence in the Sahel’s apparently lawless areas is neither the absence nor the inefficacy of state institutions but the presence of violent and deformed ones.Nathaniel K. Powell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2016
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Congenital anomalies can include the following, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Heart defects, like missing or misshapen valves.Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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In a tank of comb jellies in the lab, the team one day noticed a particularly big and misshapen individual.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024
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This psychological thriller maps out a world of malformed desire and ingestive paranoia without the need for gutsy special effects.Rory Doherty, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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The tall clay-like skin creature looks like a candle melting in human form, without eyes, and with malformed hands that resemble a fetus’ in a sonogram.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
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Your office has been taken over by an army of mutant rats Apr 20, 2021 1:00 AM More Stories WIRED is where tomorrow is realized.Condé Nast, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2024
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Two mutant strains of worms — lin-4 and lin-14 — demonstrated defects in turning such genetic programs on and off.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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The life-size Buddy wears curled-up black shoes, yellow tights, a green shirt and a green hat.Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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After a slow start from both teams, Arsenal came alive in the ninth minute when Saka cut inside and curled a shot just over the crossbar.Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Distorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorted. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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