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Distort

Distort Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Distort? [v] alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [v] make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [v] distort; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case" [v] form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [v] twist and press out of shape Synonyms \| Synonyms for Distort: color \| colour \| deform \| falsify \| garble \| strain \| twine \| twist \| warp Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 \| zigzag See Also \| belie \| change form \| change shape \| contort \| deform \| distort \| enlace \| entangle \| entwine \| form \| interlace \| intertwine \| interweave \| jaundice \| kink \| lace \| mangle \| mat \| misrepresent \| morph \| murder \| mutilate \| shape \| snarl \| spin \| tangle \| weave \| wrench \| wring Distort In Webster's Dictionary \Distort"\, a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See {Torsion}.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. --Spenser. \Distort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distorting}.] 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. --Thackeray. 2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. --Tillotson. 3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.

Distort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Distort?

[v] alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
[v] make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
[v] distort; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
[v] form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
[v] twist and press out of shape

Distort In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*tort"\, a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to
twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See {Torsion}.]
Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]

      Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. --Spenser.


\Dis*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distorted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Distorting}.]
1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside
   physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

         Whose face was distorted with pain.   --Thackeray.

2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to
   twist aside mentally or morally.

         Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and
         distort the understandings of men.    --Tillotson.

3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort
   passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.

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