vverb.communicationmake false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or storySynset:distort falsify garble warp
Derivationally Related Form:falsitywarpingwarpdistortionfalsifierfalsification
Hypernyms:belie misrepresent
Inherited Hypernyms:falsifymisrepresentrepresentexpress
Direct Hyponyms:manglemurdermutilate
Full Troponyms:mangle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactform into a spiral shapeSynset:distort twine twist
Antonyms:untwist
Derivationally Related Form:twistdistortion
Hypernyms:change form change shape deform
Inherited Hypernyms:twistchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:contortdeformdistortenlaceentangleentwineinterlaceintertwineinterweavelacematsnarlspintangletwineweavewrenchwring
Full Troponyms:braidcontortenmeshentanglefeltintertwineinweavemorphpieceplaitpleachraddleravelshootspinsplicetinselwattleweavewreathewring
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.contacttwist and press out of shapeSynset:contort deform distort wring
Derivationally Related Form:contortiondeformationdistortion
Hypernyms:distort twine twist
Inherited Hypernyms:contorttwistchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:morph
Full Troponyms:morph
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationaffect as in thought or feelingSynset:color colour distort tinge
Examples:- My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
- The sadness tinged his life
Hypernyms:affect bear on bear upon impact touch touch on
Inherited Hypernyms:tingeaffectchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.changealter the shape of (something) by stressSynset:deform distort strain
Examples:- His body was deformed by leprosy
Derivationally Related Form:straindeformation
Hypernyms:form shape
Inherited Hypernyms:deformshapechange
Direct Hyponyms:jaundice
Full Troponyms:jaundice
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allso badly formed or out of shape as to be uglySynset:deformed ill-shapen malformed misshapen
Examples:- deformed thalidomide babies
- his poor distorted limbs
- an ill-shapen vase
- a limp caused by a malformed foot
- misshapen old fingers
Antonyms:shapely
Derivationally Related Form:misshapennessdeformity
Inherited Hypernyms:deformed
Similar to:unshapely
adj satadj.allhaving an intended meaning altered or misrepresentedSynset:misrepresented perverted twisted
Examples:- many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality
- a perverted translation of the poem
Antonyms:ingenuous
Inherited Hypernyms:distorted
Similar to:artful disingenuous