Term: distort
distort (verb) /dɪˈstɔːt/
Similar to: twist; misrepresent; warp; falsify; pervert
Definition: to change the shape, sound, or appearance of something; or to change facts so they are no longer true.
Translation: izkropļot, deformēt, ferzēt
Examples: “The loudspeaker was broken and started to distort the music.” “The newspaper was accused of trying to distort the facts of the case.” “Don’t distort my words; that is not what I meant at all.”
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
distort (verb)transitive verb
1.
to twist out of the true meaning or proportion - distorted the facts
2.
to twist out of a natural, normal, or original shape or condition - a face distorted by pain , also to cause to be perceived unnaturally - the new lights distorted colors
3.
intransitive verb
- pervert distort justice to become - distorted , also to cause a twisting from the true, natural, or normal deform
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
distort (verb)1.
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
SYNONYMS:
bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warpRELATED WORDS:
misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate; belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash; bowdlerize, censor; complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up); mystify, obscure; equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricateNEAR ANTONYMS:
clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out; decipher2.
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
SYNONYMS:
deform, distort, misshape, screw, squinch, torture, warpRELATED WORDS:
deface, disfigure; wrench, wrest, wring; coil, curl, loop, spiral, twine, wind, wreatheNEAR ANTONYMS:
straighten, unbend, uncurl