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Synonyms for distort
dɪˈstɔrtdis·tort

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  1. falsify, distort, garble, warpverb

    make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

    Synonyms:
    warp, buckle, wring, fudge, fake, strain, heave, misrepresent, tinge, twist, manipulate, color, wangle, alter, cook, falsify, interpolate, deform, twine, garble, contort, colour

  2. twist, twine, distortverb

    form into a spiral shape

    "The cord is all twisted"

    Synonyms:
    warp, bend, wriggle, intertwine, wrick, wind, deform, wrestle, twist, colour, interlace, rick, color, worm, roll, flex, convolute, writhe, wrench, wrap, turn, entwine, sophisticate, contort, sprain, curve, lace, falsify, twist around, twine, tinge, garble, wring, strain, squirm, pervert, enlace

  3. contort, deform, distort, wringverb

    twist and press out of shape

    Synonyms:
    turn, warp, extort, strain, wring, bend, rack, wrench, color, twist, colour, falsify, squeeze, garble, deform, twine, tinge, contort, flex, change shape, change form, gouge

  4. tinge, color, colour, distortverb

    affect as in thought or feeling

    "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

    Synonyms:
    warp, discolor, touch, strain, wring, twist, deform, tinct, tint, colourise, colourize, colorize, contort, colour, emblazon, garble, color, twine, colour in, tinge, color in, gloss, colorise, falsify, discolour

  5. deform, distort, strainverb

    alter the shape of (something) by stress

    "His body was deformed by leprosy"

    Synonyms:
    turn, warp, try, stress, strain, filter out, tense up, reach, wring, bend, tense, extend, color, twist, sift, separate out, filter, colour, falsify, puree, garble, strive, filtrate, deform, twine, tinge, contort, flex, sieve, change shape, change form

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. distortverb

    Synonyms:
    twist, writhe, wrest, contort, deform

  2. distortverb

    Synonyms:
    pervert, misrepresent, falsify, strain the sense of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. distortverb

    Synonyms:
    deform, twist, pervert, misinterpret, falsify, misrepresent

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "distort":

    misrepresent, denature, deform, skew, disrupt, distortion, disturb

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How to use distort in a sentence?

  1. Josh Blake:

    Wakulla County commissioners in Florida Founding Fathers drafted The Second Amendment so clearly and succinctly that no interpretation is required. Yet, attempts to distort The Second Amendment, or eliminate The Second Amendment, persist.

  2. Dawn Laguens:

    The latest tape has at least 20 substantial and unexplained edits. Previous tapes released by this extremist group were heavily edited in order to distort what the people on the tapes actually said, these videos are intended to shock and deceive the public. For example, one video was edited to make it look like a doctor said she would.

  3. Anne Rice, "Blood and Gold":

    No matter how long we exist, we have our memories. Points in time which time itself cannot erase. Suffering may distort my backward glances, but even to suffering, some memories will yield nothing of ther beauty or their splendor. Rather they remain as hard as gems.

  4. Orrin Hatch:

    Notwithstanding all Mr. Estrada's hard work and unanimous highly qualified rating by the American Bar Association, he has been subjected to a piñata confirmation process with which he we have all become familiar, the extreme left wing Washington groups to after judicial nominees like kids after a piñata. It is not specific to Mr. Estrada. They beat it and they beat it and they hope something comes out that they can crew and distort.

  5. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky:

    Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.


Translations for distort

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  • التشوهArabic
  • изопачавам, деформирам, изкривявамBulgarian
  • verzerrenGerman
  • misprezenti, tordi, distordiEsperanto
  • distorsionarSpanish
  • vääristellä, vääristää, vääntääFinnish
  • distordre, déformerFrench
  • cuir as a chuma, cuir casadh i, fiar, cuir cor i, cuir as a ríocht, athchum, camIrish
  • csúsztat, torzítHungarian
  • memutarbalikkanIndonesian
  • deformare, distorcereItalian
  • 曲げる, 歪めるJapanese
  • ធ្វើអោយខុសពីភាពដើម, បង្ខូចទ្រង់ទ្រាយKhmer
  • whakariroMāori
  • verdraaien, vervalsen, vervormenDutch
  • forvrenge, fordreieNorwegian
  • wypaczaćPolish
  • distorcerPortuguese
  • исказить, искривить, изогнуть, искажать, извратить, изгибать, искривлять, извращатьRussian
  • förvrängaSwedish
  • บิดเบือนThai

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