distortion

Roget-categorie 243

2. Words relating to space
› 2.3. Form
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#243. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion

zelfstandig naamwoord

distortion, detortion^†, contortion — twist, crookedness etc. (obliquity) 217 — grimace — deformity — malformation, malconformation^† — harelip — monstrosity, misproportion^†, want of symmetry, anamorphosis^† — ugliness etc. 846 — talipes^† — teratology.
asymmetry — irregularity.

werkwoord

distort, contort, twist, warp, wrest, writhe, make faces, deform, misshape.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

distorted etc. v. — out of shape, irregular, asymmetric, unsymmetric^†, awry, wry, askew, crooked — not true, not straight — on one side, crump^†, deformed — harelipped — misshapen, misbegotten — misproportioned^†, ill proportioned — ill-made — grotesque, monstrous, crooked as a ram's horn — camel backed, hump backed, hunch backed, bunch backed, crook backed — bandy — bandy legged, bow legged — bow kneed, knock kneed — splay footed, club footed — round shouldered — snub nosed — curtailed of one's fair proportions — stumpy etc. (short) 201 — gaunt etc. (thin) 203 — bloated etc. 194 — scalene — simous^† — taliped^†, talipedic^†.

bijwoord

all manner of ways.

uitdrukking

crooked as a Virginia fence [U.S.].

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