Warping — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a moral or mental distortion

make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɔːɹpɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɔːpɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɔːpɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /wˈɔːɹpɪŋ/.

Examples

The highway buckled during the heat wave

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

warp buckle distort heave falsify garble

Parts of Speech

noun	a moral or mental distortion
verb	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
verb	bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat “The highway buckled during the heat wave”

Word Forms

warp	verb	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
falsification	noun	a willful perversion of facts
falsity	noun	the state of being false or untrue
falsifier	noun	someone who falsifies
distortion	noun	a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)
warp	noun	a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
warping	noun	a moral or mental distortion
heave	noun	(geology) a horizontal dislocation
buckle	noun	a shape distorted by twisting or folding

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verziehen

eine moralische oder mentale Verzerrung

🇫🇷French

gauchissement

une distorsion morale ou mentale

🇪🇸Spanish

pandeo

una distorsión moral o mental

🇮🇹Italian

deformazione

una distorsione morale o mentale

🇳🇱Dutch

kromtrekken

een morele of mentale vervorming

🇵🇹Portuguese

deformação

uma distorção moral ou mental

🇷🇺Russian

деформация

моральное или психическое искажение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मुड़ने

एक नैतिक या मानसिक विकृति

🇮🇳Tamil

போரிடுதல்

ஒரு தார்மீக அல்லது மன சிதைவு

🇮🇳Telugu

వార్పింగ్

నైతిక లేదా మానసిక వక్రీకరణ

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિકૃત

નૈતિક અથવા માનસિક વિકૃતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾರ್ಪಿಂಗ್

ನೈತಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ವಿರೂಪ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വളച്ചൊടിക്കൽ

ഒരു ധാർമ്മിക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മാനസിക വികലത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਰਪਿੰਗ

ਇੱਕ ਨੈਤਿਕ ਜਾਂ ਮਾਨਸਿਕ ਵਿਗਾੜ

🇵🇰Urdu

وارپنگ

اخلاقی یا ذہنی بگاڑ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

翘曲

道德或精神扭曲

🇯🇵Japanese

反る

道徳的または精神的な歪み

🇰🇷Korean

뒤틀림

도덕적 또는 정신적 왜곡

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cong vênh

một sự biến dạng về đạo đức hoặc tinh thần

🇹🇭Thai

การแปรปรวน

การบิดเบือนทางศีลธรรมหรือจิตใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

melengkung

distorsi moral atau mental

🇲🇾Malay

meledingkan

penyelewengan moral atau mental

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تزييفها

انحراف أخلاقي أو عقلي

🇮🇷Persian

تاب برداشتن

یک تحریف اخلاقی یا ذهنی

🇹🇷Turkish

eğrilme

ahlaki veya zihinsel bir çarpıklık

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַשׁתָאָה

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