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
Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
This Trumpian newspeak about Germany — to use George Orwell’s term for the distorted terminology of authoritarians — reveals an indifference to (or ignorance of) history that endangers not only Europe but the United States.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
As diets high in sugar and fat bombard the duodenum, the lining there becomes inflamed and its normal signaling pathways distorted.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Stunting or slow growth with distorted leaves or stems.
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As the disease progresses, plant growth may be stunted and infected plant parts become distorted.
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In the end, the play showcases how an infestation can spread and expand, quickly becoming something too terrifying and monstrous to contain.—
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Boasting a glossy, CGI-anime style that’s monstrous (in a bad way) to look at, the trilogy is light on any of the traditional hallmarks of the kaiju genre.—
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Both of those numbers are often misrepresented by outdoor brands.—
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Ada County also misrepresented what happened, the lawsuit alleged.—
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American bases built inside the ice sheet, such as Camp Century, were quickly crushed as the encasing snow deformed.—
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One of those difficulties was figuring out how to square the minimal and highly refined designs of Mies and Johnson with the raw and sometimes deformed materials salvaged from RedBird.—
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While the exterior fabric is washable, the materials used to create the inner structure may be destroyed or become misshapen when washed and cannot be reversed.—
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When not in use, keep your wool sweaters folded, and avoid hanging them, which can cause misshapen impressions or stretch out the shoulders.—
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Karrie Downs confirmed that 99% of what is on Facebook is exaggerated or twisted in discussing social media photos of their property and confirmed there's no proof of where those photos were taken.—
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Defensive coordinator Jesse Minter drew up two first-quarter looks that sent completely unblocked rushers at Nix, and the Chargers twisted Denver’s offensive line around multiple times with exotic blitzes that sent rushers looping around to opposite gaps.—
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Their necks contorted slightly and smiles spread across their faces as the high-definition videos started and their journeys commenced.—
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Mikomi sees images generated by Grok of her wearing specific fetish outfits, or her body contorted or placed in strange contexts.—
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The Port of San Diego is promoting a fundraiser supporting a Harbor Police officer recovering from a medical emergency caused by malformed blood vessels in his brain.—
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Each agent must gracefully handle timeouts, malformed input or missing data from upstream components.—
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Many of the men had been beaten, while women were raped and children were tortured.—
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The Golden Globes have a history as convoluted and tortured as the ceremony is glitzy and wasted.—
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“Distorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorted. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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