ひずむ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ひずむ – see the following entry.

【歪む】 [verb] (intransitive) to become bent, deformed, warped, twisted, crooked [verb] (transitive) to bend or warp something: [verb] to bend something, to warp or distort something [verb] to bend or fold something into itself so it becomes smaller [verb] (figurative) to berate or torment someone

(This term, ひずむ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)