Definition of distort

adjective (a)

• Distorted; misshapen. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

  Synonym: falsify, garble, warp
  

  source: wordnet30
• form into a spiral shape (verb.contact)

  Synonym: twine, twist
  Antonym: untwist
  

  source: wordnet30
• twist and press out of shape (verb.contact)

  Synonym: contort, deform, wring
  

  source: wordnet30
• affect as in thought or feeling (verb.communication)

  Synonym: color, colour, tinge
  

  source: wordnet30
• alter the shape of (something) by stress (verb.change)

  Synonym: deform, strain
  

  source: wordnet30
• To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. (verb)

  source: webster1913

Visual Synonyms (Thesaurus)

Explore distort in VisualSynonyms.com