Distort Definition

dĭ-stôrt
distorted, distorting, distorts
verb
distorted, distorting, distorts
To twist out of shape; change the usual or normal shape, form, or appearance of.
Webster's New World
To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape.
A reflection distorted in the moving water; a face distorted in misery.
American Heritage
To cause to deviate from what is normal, reasonable, or accurate.
American Heritage
To misrepresent; misstate; pervert.
To distort the facts.
Webster's New World
To modify (a wave, sound, signal, etc.) so as to produce an unfaithful reproduction.
Webster's New World
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adjective

(obsolete) Distorted; misshapen.

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Origin of Distort

  • Latin distorquēre distort- dis- apart dis– torquēre to twist terkw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin distortum, past participle of distorquēre (“to twist, torture, distort”)

    From Wiktionary

Distort Sentence Examples

  • The bard will exaggerate or distort his story.

  • He protests against its use for controversial pamphlets which distort the truth.

  • Why not befriend nature (ie human nature) instead trying to distort it with cruelty?

  • Typically the more heavily curved glasses will distort vision with prescription lenses, but some manufacturers have the enhanced technology to create these types of glasses with minimal distortion.

  • It is certainly true to say that to project the world in which we look round onto a flat plane is to distort it.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

TRTORT

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distort

Words Starting With D and Ending With T

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With D7 Letter Words Ending With T