Synonyms for distort
dɪˈstɔrtdis·tort

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1. falsify, distort, garble, warpverb

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

   Synonyms:
   warp, buckle, wring, fudge, fake, strain, heave, misrepresent, tinge, twist, manipulate, color, wangle, alter, cook, falsify, interpolate, deform, twine, garble, contort, colour

2. twist, twine, distortverb

   form into a spiral shape

   "The cord is all twisted"

   Synonyms:
   warp, bend, wriggle, intertwine, wrick, wind, deform, wrestle, twist, colour, interlace, rick, color, worm, roll, flex, convolute, writhe, wrench, wrap, turn, entwine, sophisticate, contort, sprain, curve, lace, falsify, twist around, twine, tinge, garble, wring, strain, squirm, pervert, enlace

3. contort, deform, distort, wringverb

   twist and press out of shape

   Synonyms:
   turn, warp, extort, strain, wring, bend, rack, wrench, color, twist, colour, falsify, squeeze, garble, deform, twine, tinge, contort, flex, change shape, change form, gouge

4. tinge, color, colour, distortverb

   affect as in thought or feeling

   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

   Synonyms:
   warp, discolor, touch, strain, wring, twist, deform, tinct, tint, colourise, colourize, colorize, contort, colour, emblazon, garble, color, twine, colour in, tinge, color in, gloss, colorise, falsify, discolour

5. deform, distort, strainverb

   alter the shape of (something) by stress

   "His body was deformed by leprosy"

   Synonyms:
   turn, warp, try, stress, strain, filter out, tense up, reach, wring, bend, tense, extend, color, twist, sift, separate out, filter, colour, falsify, puree, garble, strive, filtrate, deform, twine, tinge, contort, flex, sieve, change shape, change form

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Shape

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1. distortverb

   Synonyms:
   twist, writhe, wrest, contort, deform

2. distortverb

   Synonyms:
   pervert, misrepresent, falsify, strain the sense of

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1. distortverb

   Synonyms:
   deform, twist, pervert, misinterpret, falsify, misrepresent

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1. List of paraphrases for "distort":

   misrepresent, denature, deform, skew, disrupt, distortion, disturb

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1. Fyodor Dostoevsky:

   By interpreting freedom as the propagation and immediate gratification of needs, people distort their own nature, for they engender in themselves a multitude of pointless and foolish desires, habits, and incongruous stratagems. Their lives are motivated only by mutual envy, sensuality, and ostentation.

2. The EU:

   The EU is amongst the most open economies in the world, attracting high levels of investment from our trading partners. However, our openness is increasingly being challenged through foreign trade practices, including subsidies that distort the level playing field for companies in The EU.

3. Orrin Hatch:

   Notwithstanding all Mr. Estrada's hard work and unanimous highly qualified rating by the American Bar Association, he has been subjected to a piñata confirmation process with which he we have all become familiar, the extreme left wing Washington groups to after judicial nominees like kids after a piñata. It is not specific to Mr. Estrada. They beat it and they beat it and they hope something comes out that they can crew and distort.

4. Elizabeth Loftus:

   Even traumatic experiences can be subjected to post-event suggestion that can exaggerate, distort or change the memory.

5. Dawn Laguens:

   The latest tape has at least 20 substantial and unexplained edits. Previous tapes released by this extremist group were heavily edited in order to distort what the people on the tapes actually said, these videos are intended to shock and deceive the public. For example, one video was edited to make it look like a doctor said she would.