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Distort Common

Distort has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

2

form into a spiral shape

"The cord is all twisted"

3

twist and press out of shape

4

affect as in thought or feeling

"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"

"The sadness tinged his life"

5

alter the shape of (something) by stress

"His body was deformed by leprosy"

6

To bring something out of shape, to misshape.

Adjective
1

Distorted; misshapen.

Example Sentences
"The cord is all twisted" verb
"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case" verb
"The sadness tinged his life" verb
"His body was deformed by leprosy" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
untwist
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
misrepresent change shape twist affect shape
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
mangle wring contort entangle intertwine spin weave morph jaundice
Rhyming Words
ort rort mort port sort fort oort dort gort cort wort tort kort whort short sport skort blort abort snort
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