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to warp; to bend; to contort
to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted; to be cross-grained
「歪む」 has another reading with different meanings.
長年の湿気で押し入れに入れた木製の棚が歪んでしまった。
The wood warped due to humidity.
伝言ゲームのように事実が歪んで伝わることも多々ある。
Facts can sometimes be distorted in transmission.
激しい怒りの感情が込み上げて彼の顔の表情が歪んだ。
His face contorted with intense anger.