warped

[wawrpt]

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

1. the simple past tense and past participle of warp.

Other Word Forms

• unwarped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of warped¹

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

Perched atop four active landslides, its pavement warped and cracked by constant land movement, Last Chance Grade is so unstable that it was reduced to one-way traffic for nine years straight, reopening in October 2023.

From Los Angeles Times

The songs were still comedic — “Everything I write winds up a little warped,” he says — but were original tunes that were pastiches of, say, Frank Zappa or They Might Be Giants’ style.

From Los Angeles Times

He told the court that the boy was significantly autistic and was vulnerable, and said the boy's actions were not preparation for violence, but the "expression of fantasy, a kind of warped self-care".

From BBC

It was a simple message born out of a desire to shine a light on how metrics for success within the industry can leave actors with a warped sense of their own value.

From Los Angeles Times

The movement has fractured homes, warped several roads and severed shut off electricity and gas service for hundreds.

From Los Angeles Times

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