distorted
dis-TOR-tid/dɪsˈtɔɹtɪd/UKdis-TAW-tid/dɪsˈtɔːtɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of distort.
The intense heat distorted the metal frame until it no longer fit the door.
Her words were distorted by the poor phone connection.
Note
One spelling does three jobs here. It is the plain past (the heat distorted the frame), the participle after have or be (the frame was distorted), and an adjective that grades with more and most (a more distorted account). Since distort also works without an object, something can simply have distorted in the heat, with no one doing it. Oddly, the adjective job once belonged to distort itself, a use now obsolete.
distorted is a form of distort
distort, verb: To force or bend something out of its normal shape, making it misshapen. Full entry
- Forms
- distortdistorts he/she/itdistorting -ing formdistorted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- distort → distorted: add -ed
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