distort
verb
[ dɪˈstɔːt ]
• pull or twist out of shape.
• "a grimace distorted her mouth"
Similar:
twist,
warp,
contort,
bend,
buckle,
deform,
malform,
misshape,
disfigure,
mangle,
wrench,
wring,
wrest,
twisted,
warped,
contorted,
bent,
buckled,
deformed,
malformed,
misshapen,
disfigured,
crooked,
irregular,
awry,
wry,
out of shape,
mangled,
wrenched,
gnarled,
• give a misleading or false account or impression of.
• "many factors can distort the results"
Similar:
misrepresent,
pervert,
twist,
falsify,
misreport,
misstate,
prejudice,
manipulate,
garble,
take/quote out of context,
slant,
bias,
skew,
colour,
put a spin on,
spin,
tamper with,
tinker with,
doctor,
alter,
change,
misrepresented,
perverted,
twisted,
falsified,
misreported,
misstated,
garbled,
inaccurate,
biased,
prejudiced,
slanted,
coloured,
loaded,
weighted,
tampered with,
tinkered with,
doctored,
altered,
changed,
• change the form of (an electrical signal or sound wave) during transmission, amplification, or other processing.
• "you're distorting the sound by overdriving the amp"
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘twist to one side’): from Latin distort- ‘twisted apart’, from the verb distorquere, from dis- ‘apart’ + torquere ‘to twist’.
