Synonyms

warped

American

[wawrpt] / wɔrpt /

adjective

bent or twisted out of shape, especially from a flat or straight form.

A couple of warped planks made a sort of rickety footbridge from the sidewalk to the door.
bent or turned from the natural, normal, or true direction or character.

This manipulative behavior comes from the warped relationship she had with her over-controlling mother.
distorted from the truth, fact, true meaning or interpretation, etc.; biased; false.

Unfortunately you can always find a huge number of websites that will support any warped worldview your anxiety presents you with.
Aeronautics. (of a wing or other airfoil) curved or bent at the end to promote equilibrium or to secure lateral control.

A warped wing also shows significant improvement in the aircraft’s lift-to-drag ratio.
Agriculture. (of land) fertilized by flooding with water that deposits alluvial matter.

Water management systems evolved to bring nutrients to fields—as in rice paddies, but also in the water meadows and warped fields of Europe.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of warp.

Other Word Forms

unwarped adjective

Etymology

Origin of warped

First recorded in 1425–75; warp ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; warp ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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It was filled with fresh ideas—massive layers of warped voices, weird intrusions of noise—in service of ultimately simple songs about love and happiness.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The inconvenience is worth it,” Badame said, taking in the view of the sparkling Pacific, looking past his massive propane tank that sits just off their warped street.

From Los Angeles Times

But closer inspection reveals a disturbing array of figures including people with warped faces, a snowman with strange facial features, and dogs with the heads of birds all bizarrely splashing through water.

From Barron's

He added: "Your thought processes were and remain warped but you knew what you were doing was criminal."

From BBC

They used advanced three-dimensional computer simulations to reproduce the motion of matter and magnetic fields in the warped spacetime surrounding black holes.

From Science Daily

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