to unstraighten

Examples

• All

• He unstraightened the wire until it formed a perfect loop once again.

• My parents' bed was still rumpled, the room unstraightened, clothes on the floor.

  Fiction book (1996)

• My dad's house had a ghost... it would turn off and on lights on occasion, open the basement door if it was closed, and mess with pictures by turning them just enough to drive a person crazy enough to fix them, then they would unstraighten them.

  Blog text (20)

• After checking the room, he noticed he had inadvertently unstraightened the papers on the desk.

Synonyms

B

to bend

vsto unstraighten

268 1.0

To make something curved instead of straight

focuses on making not straight often after a prior straightening event

D

to distort

vsto unstraighten

59 4.3

To change the shape of something so it is no longer normal

applies to causing a physical not straight condition rather than wrong appearance

D

to deform

vsto unstraighten

59 4.8

To change a thing's normal shape so it becomes bent or twisted

is specifically about making something not straight rather than general spoilage

W

to warp

vsto unstraighten

26 4.9

To bend out of shape when heated or wet

means making not straight regardless of cause, not only environmental damage

C

to contort

vsto unstraighten

17 7.5

To twist a body or object into a strange shape

produces a not straight shape but without the violent or extreme twist

R

to rebend

vsto unstraighten

6.7

To bend something again after you first bend or straighten it

is about making not straight usually after an earlier straightening

S

to semiflex

vsto unstraighten

7.9

To bend something a little so it can move slightly

creates a clear not straight state rather than only a small curve

Antonyms

S

to straighten

114 2.5

Make something straight and in the right position

How Bent

to crumple

29 3.4

to kink

3 5.4

to unstraighten

6.4

to curve

22 2.8

to bend

268 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology