Standard Lemma guide

warped

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /woɹpt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)pt
  • CMU ARPABET: W AO1 R P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Distorted by warping; twisted out of shape

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a person's mind, attitudes, etc, perverse, strange, aberrant or deviant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • a warped sense of humour

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of warp

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the floors were warped and cracked

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From warp + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: vervormd — distorted by warping
  • Finnish: vääntynyt — distorted by warping
  • German: verzogen — distorted by warping
  • Hungarian: megvetemedett — distorted by warping
  • Icelandic: skældur — distorted by warping
  • Irish: anchumtha — distorted by warping
  • Italian: deformato — distorted by warping
  • Latin: pandus — distorted by warping
  • Māori: tahatonga — distorted by warping
  • Portuguese: empenado — distorted by warping
  • Portuguese: deformado — distorted by warping
  • Spanish: combado — distorted by warping
  • Spanish: comboso — distorted by warping
  • Spanish: alabeado — distorted by warping
  • Swedish: vind — distorted by warping
  • Turkish: çarpık — distorted by warping
  • Finnish: kieroutunut — in figurative sense
  • French: tordu — in figurative sense
  • Japanese: ひねくれた (hinekureta) — in figurative sense
  • Portuguese: distorcido — in figurative sense
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