so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; deformed thalidomide babies; his poor distorted limbs; an ill-shapen vase; a limp caused by a malformed foot; misshapen old fingers

[ Syn: deformed , ill-shapen , malformed , misshapen ]

having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality; a perverted translation of the poem

[ Syn: misrepresented , perverted , twisted ]