distortion
Roget category 243
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#243.
[Irregularity of form.]
Distortion
noun
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.
verb
distort,
contort,
twist,
warp,
wrest,
writhe,
make faces,
deform,
misshape.
adjective
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†.
adverb
all manner of ways.
phrase
crooked as a Virginia fence [U.S.].
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