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distorted

adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//dɪsˈtɔːtɪd//
  • United States//dɪsˈtɔɹtɪd//

Unnatural in shape or size; abnormal.

adjective

  1. 1

    Unnatural in shape or size; abnormal.

    distorted image

    distorted perception

    badly distorted

    The mirror gave a distorted reflection.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of distortsimple past and past participle of distort

Forms

comparative
more distorted
superlative
most distorted
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).