Distort

Verb

 * 1)  To bring something out of shape.
 * 2)  To become misshapen.
 * 3)  To give a false or misleading account of
 * In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.

Adverbs for Distort
momentarily; painfully; fatally; obviously; ludicrously; hideously; fantastically; insanely; madly; jokingly; fiendishly.

Synonyms for Distort
twist, deform, gnarl, mangle, pervert, disfigure, contort, deface, impair, bend, falsify, slant, misshape, misconstrue.

Antonyms for Distort
straighten, balance, align, explain.

Related terms

 * distorted
 * distortion

Derived terms

 * distorter

Thesaurus
adulterate, alloy, alter, argue insincerely, belie, bend, bias, blemish, blur, buckle, burlesque, camouflage, canker, caricature, change, cheapen, check, cicatrize, coarsen, color, confound, confuse, contaminate, contort, corrupt, crack, craze, crook, crumple, curve, debase, debauch, deface, defile, deflect, deflower, deform, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, deviate, diffract, diffuse, disfigure, disguise, disorder, disperse, diverge, divert, dogleg, dress up, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, fabricate, falsify, flaw, fog up, fudge, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gild, gloss, gloss over, gnarl, hairpin, infect, influence, jaundice, jumble, kink, knot, mar, mask, mess up, misapply, misapprehend, miscite, miscolor, misconceive, misconstrue, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misshape, misstate, mistake, misteach, mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, muddle, obfuscate, obscure, overdraw, overstate, paralogize, parody, pervert, poison, pollute, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, prepossess, prostitute, pull, rationalize, ravage, ravish, reason ill, refract, scab, scar, scarify, scatter, screw, skew, slant, split, spring, squeeze, strain, strain the sense, sway, taint, tamper with, titivate, torture, travesty, trick out, turn, turn awry, twist, twist the words, ulcerate, understate, unform, unshape, varnish, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, wrest, wring, writhe, zigzag

Etymology
From distortum:, past participle of distorquero:

Translations

 * Bulgarian: изкривявам, деформирам
 * Dutch: vervormen
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: verzerren
 * Hungarian: torzít


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:, fordreie
 * Portuguese: distorcer
 * Russian: искажать, исказить ; искривлять , искривить ; изгибать , изогнуть


 * Bulgarian: изопачавам
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: verzerren
 * Hungarian: torzít, csúsztat


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: wypaczać
 * Portuguese: distorcer
 * Russian: искажать, исказить ; извращать , извратить
 * Swedish: förvränga