warped

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
verb bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
adjective used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture

From warp + -ed.

Suvaroff stared silently at the warped figure. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
What’s this?—green? aye, tiny mosses in these warped cracks. — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville
Could a warped mind hope to escape from such a dilemma? — Space Station 1, Frank Belknap Long

falsify, distort, garble, warp

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