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[ dih-stawrt ] SHOW IPA
/ dɪˈstɔrt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
to give a false, perverted, or disproportionate meaning to; misrepresent: to distort the facts.
Electronics . to reproduce or amplify (a signal) inaccurately by changing the frequencies or unequally changing the delay or amplitude of the components of the output wave.
Origin of distort 1580–90; from Latin distortus (past participle of distorquēre “to distort”), equivalent to dis- dis-1 + tor(qu)- (stem of torquēre “to twist”) + -tus past participle suffix
SYNONYMS FOR distort 2 pervert, misconstrue, twist, falsify, misstate.
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synonym study for distort 2 . See misrepresent.
OTHER WORDS FROM distort dis·tort·er, noun dis·tor·tive, adjective non·dis·tort·ing, adjective non·dis·tort·ing·ly, adverb
non·dis·tor·tive, adjective o·ver·dis·tort, verb (used with object) un·dis·tort·ing, adjective
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Words nearby distort distolinguo-occlusal, distomatosis, distomiasis, distomolar, distopulpal, distort , distorted, distortion, distortion aberration, distoversion, distr.
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They take a scientific pose to gain your confidence and then distort the facts to their own purposes.
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That concept of distort ing perception was important, Ginzel said.
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And would-be collectors like Henry Stephenson continue to distort the cultural record in their hunt for hidden treasures.
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Saying a word in a different tone can distort or utterly mangle a line.
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Or, they could distort the contents of the bill and attack anyone who disagreed with them as a legal Luddite and hysteric.
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I have witnessed at first hand how Irving likes to distort things.
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So serious is this heat that it can distort a major APUS engine component, the rotor shaft, and cause significant damage.
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Ill-constructed benches may not only distort the body, but, by reflex influence, the mind as well.
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Everything was done to encourage them, and nothing to suppress, or distort them.
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To search for hidden unities in the literature of an age is often to distort facts in the interest of theory.
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He protests against its use for controversial pamphlets which distort the truth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 | Various
This Administration will not distort the value of the dollar in any fashion.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for distort verb (tr) (often passive) to twist or pull out of shape; make bent or misshapen; contort; deform
to alter or misrepresent (facts, motives, etc)
electronics to reproduce or amplify (a signal) inaccurately, changing the shape of the waveform
Derived forms of distort distorted , adjective distortedly , adverb distortedness , noun distorter , noun
distortive , adjective
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Word Origin for distort C16: from Latin distortus misshapen, from distorquēre to turn different ways, from dis- 1 + torquēre to twist
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Words related to distort pervert, misinterpret, disfigure, warp, twist, belie, misconstrue, deceive, misrepresent, mangle, alter, scam, color, whitewash, sag, bias, bend, fake, decline, angle