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Distort Definition And Meaning |
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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 \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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