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misshapen
English
Alternative forms
- mis-shapen
- mishapen (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mysshapen, misse shapen, mysshape, mysshap; equivalent to mis- +? shapen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?s??e?.p?n/, (commonly) [m????e?.p?n]
Adjective
misshapen (comparative more misshapen, superlative most misshapen)
- Having a bad, ugly or awkward shape; deformed; malformed.
- Synonyms: misproportioned; see also Thesaurus:misshapen
- Morally or intellectually warped.
Quotations
Derived terms
- misshapenly
- misshapenness
Translations
misshapen From the web:
- misshapen meaning
- misshapen what does it means
- what causes misshapen pupils
- what causes misshapen cucumbers
- what causes misshapen sperm
- what causes misshapen strawberries
- what causes misshapen fingernails
- what does misshapen sperm mean
distort
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorque? (“to twist, torture, distort”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?s?t??t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?t??t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Verb
distort (third-person singular simple present distorts, present participle distorting, simple past and past participle distorted)
- (transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
- (intransitive, ergative) To become misshapen.
- (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of
- In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
Synonyms
- (to bring something out of shape): deform
Derived terms
- distorter
Related terms
- distorted (adjective)
- distortion
Translations
Adjective
distort (comparative more distort, superlative most distort)
- (obsolete) Distorted; misshapen.
distort From the web:
- what distorted means
- what distortion pedal should i get
- what distorts our perception of god
- what distortion did dimebag use
- what distortion did kurt cobain use
- what distorted
- what distortions are worse on goode's projection
- what distortion does slipknot use
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