doctored
DOK-turd/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)d/UKDOK-tuhd/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)d/
- 1Changed on purpose to trick people, so it no longer shows the truth.
Like a story someone changes a little so it sounds better than the truth.
The doctored photo made the crowd look much bigger than it really was.
These figures look doctored, so we cannot trust them.
Similarfalsified, altered, forged
Oppositegenuine, authentic, unaltered, original
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- 2Past participle of doctor. Use this form after "have," "has," or "had," or with "was" and "were."
Someone had doctored the test results before the meeting.
The files were doctored to hide the mistakes.
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doctored is a form of doctor
doctor, verb: To secretly change something to trick people, like changing a document or putting a drug in a drink. Full entry
- Spelling
- doctor → doctored: add -ed
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