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# distorted

«distorted» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Twisted or changed out of its normal shape** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past and past participle of distort: distort, distorts, distorted, distorting); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Twisted or changed out of its normal shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#m1)

2) (sound, picture) Changed so that it is unclear or not true to the original, like a crackly sound or a wobbly reflection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#m2)

3) Changed so that it gives a false idea, like distorted facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means twisted or bent from what is right. It refers to a mind or a story that is warped. Interpretation: Proverbs says a twisted mind is despised. In the Psalm, the proud twist the truth and the psalmist turns to God's precepts for guidance. In the primary lessons: In science, lenses, water and curved mirrors make distorted images; in music, distorted guitar sound is deliberate; in media literacy, facts can be distorted to mislead; phrases: «a distorted reflection», «distorted facts», «distorted sound».

### examples

- A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised. (Writings PRO.12.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x1)
- Let the proud be put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood; but I will meditate in Thy precepts. (Writings PSA.119.78, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x2)
- The fun-house mirror made my face look distorted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x3)
- The speaker crackled and the music was distorted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x4)
- A straw in water looks bent and distorted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x5)
- The newspaper distorted what the mayor had said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x6)
- Heat made the plastic ruler distorted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x7)
- Her voice sounded distorted on the bad phone line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x8)
- A distorted map can make some countries look bigger than they are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x9)
- Their countenances were so distorted that no one could recognize them, and even one freckle on the face appeared to spread over the whole of the nose and mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/#x10)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: distortion. In maths and maps: map projections distort size or shape (Greenland looks far bigger than it is). In news: a distorted story is partly true but twisted.

### In the corpora

- [Let the proud be put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood; but I will meditate in Thy precepts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2241/)
- [A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.329/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «distorted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distorted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.