distorted

4 definitions • 8 examples

pulled into or appearing as a strange or unnatural shape:

His face was distorted in agony.

Everything looks distorted through the glass.

false or wrong:

This report gives a somewhat distorted impression of what actually happened.

We have a distorted belief that we are more ethical than we really are.

Because of a distorted body image, she believes that she's overweight even when she is underweight.

If a sound produced on electrical equipment is distorted, it sounds strange and unpleasant because of changes in the shape of the sound wave:

The music just gets distorted when you play it so loud.

A distorted synthesized voice came from the speakers.

made to change, especially in a way that makes something worse than it was before:

My sleep schedule is all distorted.