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
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
Communications with spacecraft are typically suspended during these events to avoid sending partial or distorted commands that could trigger unintended, potentially dangerous behavior.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Marc Schneier, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
But in many organizations, that lesson gets distorted, with speaking eclipsing the far more powerful discipline of listening.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
For someone like Crystal, whose childhood would have been violently destroyed by the Rage outbreak, the remnants of human culture become distorted scripture.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
Communications with spacecraft are typically suspended during these events to avoid sending partial or distorted commands that could trigger unintended, potentially dangerous behavior.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Verb
Particularly, as the virus of antisemitism spreads across the globe, the very meaning of the word antisemitism is being debated, diluted, and distorted.
—Marc Schneier, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
But in many organizations, that lesson gets distorted, with speaking eclipsing the far more powerful discipline of listening.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distorted
Adjective
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Is Rashid a monstrous dungeon master?—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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Monstera Aptly named, monstera deliciosa is truly monstrous, gobbling up space in your home at a rate of one to two feet per year.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
4 Feb. 2026
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Kelly Enders-Tharp, a three-time surrogate and education and experience specialist at Growing Generations, explains that surrogates are often stereotyped, or that their backgrounds are misrepresented.—
Kris Ann Valdez,
Parents,
13 Feb. 2026
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Wang also misrepresented herself as holding current aesthetician, massage therapist and hair salon licenses on a loan application to the American Lending Center, the DA's office said.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Hadi tells an engaging story, brings complex and surprising characters to life, lends a locale an aesthetic iconography, and renders personal identity inextricable from the forces of history that shaped or deformed it.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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American bases built inside the ice sheet, such as Camp Century, were quickly crushed as the encasing snow deformed.—
Paul Bierman,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Focus on removing crossing, touching, weak, or misshapen branches that grow upwards or downwards into other layers, and remove twiggy, spindly growth down the trunk.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
18 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Kevin Gray,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Dec. 2025
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Tech companies have denied the allegations made in the lawsuit and say internal documents are being twisted to portray them as villainous when there are other factors, such as childhood trauma, leading to the mental health issues of some of their users.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Hairstylist Bryce Scarlett pulled it back from her face and twisted it into a low updo with tiny, delicate curling tendrils on either side of the star's face, allowing the gown to shine from the front but adding beautiful detail at the back.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
6 Feb. 2026
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For the entire 15-minute show, they’ve been contorted into pieces of furniture Lawson fabricated, pieces befitting something between an asylum and BDSM dungeon, and reminiscent of Allen Jones’s 1960s Pop sculpture series, which depicts fiberglass women in fetishware as home objects.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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In 2025, there was the Owl Arm Trend, in which Gen Z TikTokers contorted their bodies (and stretched their T-shirts) to mimic the shape of a perching owl, clinging to their friend’s arm.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Dec. 2025
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Legacy filters looking for malware or malformed links see nothing amiss.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Now it’s finally tortured artist Benedict Bridgerton’s (Luke Thompson) turn.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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All of this makes the job of being an informed citizen just tortured.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Distorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorted. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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