Distorted
Distorted adjective - Badly or imperfectly formed.
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Sideways and distorted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sideways" instead an adjective "Distorted".
Sideways
Sideways adjective - (of movement) at an angle.
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The house's layout makes less and less sense as textures go through rooms, the mirror in the bathroom is inverted sideways, scenery and tapes floating, distorted audio, and so forth.
Source: Video Game / Anatomy -
The 1991 album Sideways was a surprising shift towards Alternative Rock, based around distorted electric guitar instead of the synthesizer.
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So you end up watching a movie that has been cropped to fit the old style televisions, then distorted sideways in order to fit the new style of televisions.
Source: Pan and Scan
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