Distort - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪˈstɔːrt|
Brit.
|dɪˈstɔːt|
verb
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (syn: falsify, garble, warp)
- form into a spiral shape (syn: twine, twist)
- twist and press out of shape (syn: contort, deform, wring)
- affect as in thought or feeling (syn: color, colour, tinge)
- alter the shape of (something) by stress (syn: deform, strain)
- form into a spiral shape (syn: twine, twist)
- twist and press out of shape (syn: contort, deform, wring)
- affect as in thought or feeling (syn: color, colour, tinge)
- alter the shape of (something) by stress (syn: deform, strain)
Extra examples
Her face was distorted by pain.
The odd camera angle distorted her figure in the photograph.
The sound of the guitar was distorted.
Heat caused the plastic to distort.
She felt he was distorting the facts.
The story was distorted by the press.
The loss of both her parents at an early age distorted her outlook on life.
Don't distort what she meant by taking her words out of context.
Don't distort her meaning by taking her words out of context.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: distort
he/she/it: distorts
present participle: distorting
past tense: distorted
past participle: distorted
I/you/we/they: distort
he/she/it: distorts
present participle: distorting
past tense: distorted
past participle: distorted
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