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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How to use distort in a sentence?

1. Mark Twain:

   Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you wish.

2. David Stringer:

   My political opponents have taken 51 seconds out of a 16-minute speech to try to distort my message and mislead voters. We recognize the tactic. I'm not interested in taking the fake news bait.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Anne Rice, "Blood and Gold":

   No matter how long we exist, we have our memories. Points in time which time itself cannot erase. Suffering may distort my backward glances, but even to suffering, some memories will yield nothing of ther beauty or their splendor. Rather they remain as hard as gems.