refracted

VERB

bend

Synonyms

STRONG

angle arch bow buckle camber careen circle contort crimp crinkle crook crouch curl deflect deform detour double droop flex genuflect hook incline incurvate lean loop pervert round spiral stoop swerve tilt turn twist veer verge warp waver wilt wind yaw zigzag

WEAK

angle away angle off

Antonyms

STRONG

beautify rise smooth straighten

Example Sentences

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refracted

What it also made clear is that Coachella is no longer a single cultural event but several overlapping ones divided across weekends, refracted through screens and increasingly calibrated for different audiences altogether.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

In Will Self’s novel, the same scenes and characters are refracted in every chapter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Every subsequent loss is refracted through that lens.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

The reddish color comes from the light being refracted by particles in the atmosphere.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2024

This colour is refracted a second time, but it remains a fine beam of light and its hue is unchanged.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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