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distort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb distort has 5 senses
- distort(v = verb.communication) falsify, garble, warp - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story; Array is one way to belie, misrepresent
- distort(v = verb.contact) twine, twist - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" is one way to change form, change shape, deform
- distort(v = verb.contact) contort, deform, wring - twist and press out of shape; Array is one way to distort, twine, twist
- distort(v = verb.communication) color, colour, tinge - affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" is one way to affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
- distort(v = verb.change) deform, strain - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" is one way to form, shape
Derived forms noun distortion6, noun distortion5, noun distortion4
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun distortion2
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived form noun distortion2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
distort, v.tr.
1 a put out of shape; make crooked or unshapely. b distort the appearance of, esp. by curved mirrors etc.
2 misrepresent (motives, facts, statements, etc.).
1 a put out of shape; make crooked or unshapely. b distort the appearance of, esp. by curved mirrors etc.
2 misrepresent (motives, facts, statements, etc.).
Derivative
distortedly adv. distortedness n.
Etymology
L distorquere distort- (as DIS-, torquere twist)
THESAURUS
distort
adulterate, alloy, alter, argue insincerely, belie, bend, bias, blemish, blur, buckle, burlesque, camouflage, canker, caricature, change, cheapen, check, cicatrize, coarsen, color, confound, confuse, contaminate, contort, corrupt, crack, craze, crook, crumple, curve, debase, debauch, deface, defile, deflect, deflower, deform, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, deviate, diffract, diffuse, disfigure, disguise, disorder, disperse, diverge, divert, dogleg, dress up, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, fabricate, falsify, flaw, fog up, fudge, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gild, gloss, gloss over, gnarl, hairpin, infect, influence, jaundice, jumble, kink, knot, mar, mask, mess up, misapply, misapprehend, miscite, miscolor, misconceive, misconstrue, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misshape, misstate, mistake, misteach, mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, muddle, obfuscate, obscure, overdraw, overstate, paralogize, parody, pervert, poison, pollute, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, prepossess, prostitute, pull, rationalize, ravage, ravish, reason ill, refract, scab, scar, scarify, scatter, screw, skew, slant, split, spring, squeeze, strain, strain the sense, sway, taint, tamper with, titivate, torture, travesty, trick out, turn, turn awry, twist, twist the words, ulcerate, understate, unform, unshape, varnish, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, wrest, wring, writhe, zigzagROGET THESAURUS
distort
Ugliness
VB be ugly, look ill, grin horribly a ghastly smile, make faces, render ugly, deface, disfigure, defigure, distort, blemish, soil.Distortion
VB distort, contort, twist, warp, wrest, writhe, make faces, deform, misshape.Misinterpretation
VB misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply, mistake, misrepresent, pervert, explain wrongly, misstate, garble, distort, detort, travesty, play upon words, stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning, explain away, put a bad construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.Falsehood
VB be false, be a liar, speak falsely, tell a lie, lie, fib, lie like a trooper, swear false, forswear, perjure oneself, bear false witness, misstate, misquote, miscite, misreport, misrepresent, belie, falsify, pervert, distort, put a false construction upon (misinterpret), prevaricate, equivocate, quibble, palter, palter to the understanding, repondre en Normand, trim, shuffle, fence, mince the truth, beat about the bush, blow hot and cold, play fast and loose, garble, gloss over, disguise, give a color to, give a gloss, put a gloss, put false coloring upon, color, varnish, cook, dress up, embroider, varnish right and puzzle wrong, exaggerate, blague, invent, fabricate, trump up, get up, force, fake, hatch, concoct, romance, cry 'wolf!', dissemble, dissimulate, feign, assume, put on, pretend, make believe, play possum, play false, play a double game, coquet, act a part, play a part, affect, simulate, pass off for, counterfeit, sham, make a show of, malinger, say the grapes are sour, cant, play the hypocrite, sham Abraham, faire pattes de velours, put on the mask, clean the outside of the platter, lie like a conjuror, hand out false colors, hold out false colors, sail under false colors, commend the poisoned chalice to the lips, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces, deceive.Misrepresentation
VB misrepresent, distort, overdraw, exaggerate, caricature, daub, burlesque, parody, travesty.
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