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distorted Translations distorted [dɪsˈtɔːtɪd] ADJ (lit, fig) → distorsionado he gave us a distorted version of the events → nos dio una versión distorsionada de los hechos a distorted impression → una impresión distorsionada distorted adj (= unclear, inaccurate) sound, view, picture, report → verzerrt; she has an entirely distorted impression of events → sie sieht die Ereignisse völlig verzerrt; she has a distorted image of what is normal → sie hat ein verzerrtes Bild davon, was normal ist How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In this mirror the most beautiful landscapes looked like boiled spinach, and the best persons were turned into frights, or appeared to stand on their heads; their faces were so distorted that they were not to be recognised; and if anyone had a mole, you might be sure that it would be magnified and spread over both nose and mouth. To take an obvious example, the comic mask is ugly and distorted, but does not imply pain. That night nearly forty people lay under the starlight about the pit, charred and distorted beyond recognition, and all night long the common from Horsell to Maybury was deserted and brightly ablaze. |
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