distort

Verbs

  • (v) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story falsify, garble, warp,
  • (v) form into a spiral shape
    • The cord is all twisted
    twine, twist,
  • (v) twist and press out of shape contort, wring, deform,
  • (v) affect as in thought or feeling
    • My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
    • The sadness tinged his life
    tinge, color, colour,
  • (v) alter the shape of (something) by stress
    • His body was deformed by leprosy
    deform, strain,

Synonyms

falsify garble warp twine twist contort wring deform tinge color colour strain

Antonyms

untwist

Words of close approximity

distortable distorted distorted shape distortion distortionist