distort

Verb
Synonyms: falsifygarblewarptwisttwinecontortdeformwringtingecolorcolourstrain

WordNet 3.0

Verb (5)

  1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or storySynonyms: falsifygarblewarp
  2. form into a spiral shape“The cord is all twisted”Synonyms: twisttwine
  3. twist and press out of shapeSynonyms: contortdeformwring
  4. affect as in thought or feeling“My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”“The sadness tinged his life”Synonyms: tingecolorcolour
  5. alter the shape of (something) by stress“His body was deformed by leprosy”Synonyms: deformstrain
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Distort \Dis*tort"\, a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Distort \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. [1913 Webster]

Whose face was distorted with pain.— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]

2.To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. [1913 Webster]

Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men.— Tillotson.[1913 Webster]

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

Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert. [1913 Webster]

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