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. Kelly McBride:

   You’re trying to figure out what the individual’s motive is, you’re not necessarily going to report on the motive. But you want to understand why they would leak this information and if they have motive to distort the information.

2. John Henry Cardinal Newman:

   Let us take things as we find them let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

3. Ma Zhaoxu:

   Any attempt to overturn or distort the conclusions of the joint study report is political manipulation and disrespect for global scientists and science, the label of' refusing origin tracing' can never be pinned on China. Instead, it is very appropriate for the United States itself.

4. Mark Twain:

   Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. (Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.)

5. Milton Garland:

   Don't worry about anything. Worrying never solved anything. All it does is distort your mind.