to alter the true meaning of or misrepresent (words, a statement, etc)
to cause (something) to take on an unnatural or abnormal shape
to reproduce or broadcast (radio sound, a television picture, etc) poorly or inaccurately owing to a change in the wave form of the original signal
distorted adj
distortion noun
distortedly adv
distortedness noun
[Latin distortus, past part. of distorquēre, from dis- + torquēre to twist]