Synonyms of distorted

distorted 1 of 2

adjective

di-ˈstȯr-təd 

as in monstrous

badly or imperfectly formed

surgery to correct a distorted foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• monstrous
• deformed
• misshapen
• malformed
• mutant
• crooked
• shapeless
• ugly
• horrible
• abnormal
• terrible
• disfigured
• unbalanced
• lopsided
• aberrant
• disproportionate
• unequal
• asymmetrical
• horrific
• freakish
• unattractive
• irregular
• defaced
• nonsymmetrical
• overbalanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undeformed
• perfect
• flawless
• shapely

distorted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of distort

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misrepresented
• twisted
• perverted
• obscured
• complicated
• misinterpreted
• warped
• slanted
• garbled
• falsified
• misstated
• cooked
• colored
• confused
• censored
• fudged
• bent
• misrelated
• masked
• disguised
• mistook
• mistranslated
• camouflaged
• veiled
• whitewashed
• lied
• misspoke
• dissembled
• misdescribed
• belied
• bowdlerized
• glossed (over)
• mystified
• confounded
• mixed (up)
• equivocated
• fibbed
• paltered
• prevaricated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interpreted
• explained
• illustrated
• cleared (up)
• illuminated
• clarified
• spelled out
• deciphered

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deformed
• contorted
• tortured
• screwed
• curled
• warped
• misshaped
• disfigured
• squinched
• defaced
• wound
• coiled
• looped
• wrenched
• spiraled
• twined
• wrung
• wreathed
• wrested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightened
• uncurled
• unbent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of distorted

Adjective

Hickey is the charismatic traveling salesman who preaches a distorted vision of salvation to the social misfits and leftist radicals in a dive bar in lower Manhattan, modeled on the denizens of a favorite O’Neill hangout. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026

The standard medical terms clinicians rely on may become distorted or polluted. — Frank Naeymi-Rad, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Verb

Correspondent Faith Salie talks with experts about the symptoms, diagnosis and stigma surrounding postpartum psychosis; and with a mother whose experience of hallucinations and distorted reality soon after giving birth threatened her and her family. — David Morgan, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

In the twenty-tens, modern investigations made clear that the work was in danger of becoming distorted by this display, which would need to be redesigned. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026