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 Words From

• un·warped 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

Tempo doesn’t always mean moving at warp speed and getting snaps off within 10 seconds of the previous play.

From FiveThirtyEight

Easing of border controls will be at a snail-pace, not at warp speed, and likely later, when herd immunity is achieved in most developed economies.

From Fortune

Adding the warp and weft yarn gives you the total thread count.

From Popular-Science

Finally, it must continue to move at warp speed to complete reviews and deployment of vaccines.

From Fortune

The nomination process is moving ahead at warp speed, and the court is that much closer to having a 6-3 conservative majority.

From FiveThirtyEight

She actually, in a warped way, thanks the Housewives for giving her the opportunity to bring Valerie back.

From The Daily Beast

This warped ideology, Bayor argues, trickled down into all facets of American immigration policy.

From The Daily Beast

From Bonnaroo and Governors Ball to Warped Tour and Lollapalooza, see the hottest concerts of the summer.

From The Daily Beast

Each step closer to Afghanistan makes life less comfortable and time more warped.

From The Daily Beast

If a new era of male body anxiety really is imminent, at least it may level this warped playing field.

From The Daily Beast

It is beyond the comprehension of any man not blinded by superstition, not warped by prejudice and old-time convention.

From Project Gutenberg

Their learning and fine genius were warped by the imperfections of the age in which they lived.

From Project Gutenberg

It was tightly clasped, and its boards were warped by having for years been obliged to embrace a number of extraneous sheets.

From Project Gutenberg

The September Dun—dubbed with the down of a mouse, warped with ash coloured silk, wings feather of a starling.

From Project Gutenberg

Brown Palmer—dubbed with light brown seal's hair, warped with ash coloured silk and a red hackle over the whole.

From Project Gutenberg

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