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to warp

to warp

30 7.4
To change facts or stories so they are not true
  • verb
  • /wɔrp/
translation icon : distorsionar
  • She was careful not to warp the truth during her testimony.

See, but The thing is, it's been so warped by Christians.

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Examples

  • The trauma of this act warped the minds of the group.

  • This is really warped.

  • You think you are someone who can warp the structure of reality with your words and get away with it.

  • The girl tried to warp my mind.

  • But it's out there now for people to mold and warp to their needs.

  • Dude, man, your mind is warped.

  • Society needs protection from these warped minds.

  • This philosophy further warps the minds of our two young scholars.

  • Don't allow their warping of information to warp the way you think.

  • You know, crime, according to Marx, comes only because people are warped by the possession of private property by others.

Synonyms

to twist
vsto warp
144 6.3

To change what someone said to make it mean something different, often to mislead

is about altering truth or character more broadly than only wording tricks
to alter
vsto warp
101 7.9

To change a text by adding words, often to make it false

is applied to general changes of truth rather than just word insertion
to distort
vsto warp
97 4.6

To change facts so they become false or misleading

emphasizes altering the truth or character with misleading intent
to misrepresent
vsto warp
71 6.9

Give a false story about someone or something to trick people

tends to stress changing character or meaning rather than only the account
to skew
vsto warp
61 5.4

To change information so it becomes unfair or wrong

refers to altering truth or character rather than only causing imbalance
to falsify
vsto warp
  • Formal
44 7.3

To make documents or facts not true to deceive people

focuses on changing truth or meaning generally, not only fabricating records
to pervert
vsto warp
16 7.2

Change the meaning or purpose so it becomes wrong

points to changing truth or meaning without implying moral corruption
to fudge
vsto warp
11 7.5

To change numbers or facts dishonestly to hide the truth

is about altering truth or character more broadly, not only being inaccurate
to doctor
vsto warp
10 7.7

To change something to hide the truth

is about altering truth or character broadly, not only contaminating items
to mischaracterize
vsto warp
  • US
10 8.0

To describe a person or thing unfairly

highlights changing truth or meaning instead of wrong description only
to garble
vsto warp
8 8.0

To change a message so people cannot understand it

focuses on changing truth or meaning intentionally rather than accidental muddling
to stretch the truth
vsto warp
  • Informal
5 5.3

To make a story seem better than it really is

is about altering truth or character rather than only exaggerating for effect
to bend the truth
vsto warp
3 5.9

To say something that is not exactly what happened to make it look better

means changing truth or meaning but generally in a small, milder way
to twist around
vsto warp
1 6.4

Change words or facts to make a person look bad

focuses on altering truth generally, not just local phrasing maneuvers
to fudge the details
vsto warp
  • Informal
7.7

Change facts on purpose to make something seem better

focuses on changing truth or meaning rather than only softening facts

Antonyms

248 3.3

To make something clear so others can understand it

Phrasal Verbs

1 9.9

Make time feel faster, slower or strange

Compounds

low-warp loom
  • Specialized
9.3

A hand frame for weaving tapestry with the long threads set horizontally

high-warp loom
  • Specialized
9.9

A hand tool for weaving where the threads hang up and down to make pictures or designs on cloth

How Misleading

to falsify
  • Formal
44 7.3
to twist
144 6.3
to warp
30 7.4
to misstate
14 6.2

Surface Forms

warp infinitive
warped past
warped past participle
warping present participle
warps third person singular

Etymology

Warp meaning 'to change the truth' is a figurative step from the physical idea of bending or twisting; like the word 'twist', to warp facts is to bend their true shape so they no longer look like the original.