Distort

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape.
  • v. To give a false or misleading account of; misrepresent.
  • v. To cause to work in a twisted or disorderly manner; pervert.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To bring something out of shape.
  • v. To become misshapen.
  • v. To give a false or misleading account of
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Distorted; misshapen.
  • v. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically.
  • v. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
  • v. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To twist or wrest out of shape; alter the shape of; change from the proper to an improper or unnatural shape; represent by an image having a shape somewhat different from nature.
  • Henceā€”2. To turn away or pervert; cause to give or to receive erroneous views or impressions; mislead; bias.
  • To wrest from the true meaning; pervert the truth regarding; misrepresent.
  • Synonyms and To contort, deform, bend.
  • To misapply, misuse.
  • Twisted out of shape; distorted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. affect as in thought or feeling
  • v. form into a spiral shape
  • v. alter the shape of (something) by stress
  • v. twist and press out of shape
  • v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bear upon    bear on    touch    touch on    affect    impact   
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    distorter   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    distorted    misshapen    wrest    deform    twist    pervert   
    Rhyme
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    Court    Dort    Mort    Porte    Stuart    abort    assort    athwart    boart    bort   
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