викривляти

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From the викривл- stem of ви́кривити (výkryvyty) +‎ -я́ти (-játy). Compare Polish wykrzywiać.

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Verb

викривля́ти (vykryvljátyimpf (perfective ви́кривити) (transitive)

  1. to bend, to crook, to curve
    Synonym: криви́ти impf (kryvýty)
  2. to distort, to warp, to contort (to bring something out of shape)
  3. (figuratively) to distort, to pervert, to twist (to give a false or misleading account of)
    Synonyms: перекру́чувати impf (perekrúčuvaty), спотво́рювати impf (spotvórjuvaty)
  4. (figuratively) to crook, to pervert (to turn from the path of rectitude; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure: words, course of justice)

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