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

Magic can be toyed with, magic can be warped for darker pursuits.

From Salon

Mr Kent accused Reeves of increasing “tax discrimination of spirits in the Treasury’s warped duty system, and with 70% of UK spirits produced in Scotland, that will do further damage to a key Scottish sector”.

From BBC

The trees still standing are charred and warped like burnt matchsticks.

From BBC

It has become so warped that Roan was pushed to the brink to clarify herself to people looking to misinterpret her words when her track record speaks for itself.

From Salon

She says she has had to hold and reshape the clay as a piece is being printed, leaving some of the vessels with warped shapes.

From Los Angeles Times

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