NichiDict

ゆがむ

N1
歪む
[yugamu]
Illustration for 歪む

Meanings

1.GodanIntransitive

to warp; to bend; to contort

2.GodanIntransitive

to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted; to be cross-grained

Other Readings

歪む」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

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.