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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly;
- Example: "deformed thalidomide babies"
- Example: "his poor distorted limbs"
- Example: "an ill-shapen vase"
- Example: "a limp caused by a malformed foot"
- Example: "misshapen old fingers"
[syn: deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen]

2. having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented;
- Example: "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"
- Example: "a perverted translation of the poem"
[syn: distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Distort \Dis*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Distorting.]
   1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside
      physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
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            Whose face was distorted with pain.   --Thackeray.
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   2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to
      twist aside mentally or morally.
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            Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and
            distort the understandings of men.    --Tillotson.
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   3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort
      passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

   Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

distorted
    adj 1: so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed
           thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-
           shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot";
           "misshapen old fingers" [syn: deformed, distorted,
           ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen]
    2: having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many
       of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality";
       "a perverted translation of the poem" [syn: distorted,
       misrepresented, perverted, twisted]