DISTORT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISTORT?

Need another word that means the same as “distort”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “distort” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Distort” are: contort, deform, wring, twine, twist, falsify, garble, warp, color, colour, tinge, strain, contorted, buckled, disfigured, out of shape, bend, buckle, misshape, disfigure, misrepresented, perverted, misrepresent, pervert, misreport, misstate, prejudice, manipulate, quote out of context, take out of context

Distort as a Verb

Definitions of "Distort" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “distort” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Affect as in thought or feeling.
• Change the form of (an electrical signal or sound wave) during transmission, amplification, or other processing.
• Become twisted out of shape.
• Give a misleading or false account or impression of.
• Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.
• Alter the shape of (something) by stress.
• Form into a spiral shape.
• Pull or twist out of shape.
• Twist and press out of shape.

Synonyms of "Distort" as a verb (30 Words)

bend	Bend a joint. Sailors were bending sails to the spars.
buckle	Fasten with a buckle or buckles. The highway buckled during the heat wave.
buckled	Fasten with a buckle or buckles.
color	Change color often in an undesired manner. Color a lie.
colour	Take on a different colour. The foliage will not colour well if the soil is too rich.
contort	Twist and press out of shape. Her face contorted with anger.
contorted	Twist and press out of shape.
deform	Become distorted or misshapen undergo deformation. He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease.
disfigure	Mar or spoil the appearance of. The vandals disfigured the statue.
disfigured	Mar or spoil the appearance of.
falsify	Falsify knowingly. Changes falsify individual expectations.
garble	Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice.
manipulate	Manipulate in a fraudulent manner. Nations may still be able to manipulate their own data.
misreport	Give a false or inaccurate account of (something. The press exaggerated and misreported the response to the film.
misrepresent	Represent falsely. This statement misrepresents my intentions.
misrepresented	Represent falsely.
misshape	Shape or form badly or wrongly. A new novel about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult.
misstate	State something incorrectly. To say that he was alone misstates the case.
out of shape	To state openly and publicly one’s homosexuality.
pervert	Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something. He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
perverted	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
prejudice	Disadvantage by prejudice. The statement might prejudice the jury.
quote out of context	Put quote marks around.
strain	Rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender. On cold days you are more likely to strain a muscle.
take out of context	Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.
tinge	Colour slightly. The sadness tinged his life.
twine	Wind or cause to wind round something. A spray of jasmine was twined in her hair.
twist	Do the twist. The wrestler twisted his shoulder.
warp	In weaving arrange yarn so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth. Cotton string will be warped on the loom in the rug weaving process.
wring	Break (an animal’s neck) by twisting it forcibly. I ll wring her neck when I lay hands on her.

Usage Examples of "Distort" as a verb

• A grimace distorted her mouth.
• The pipe will distort as you bend it.
• Many factors can distort the results.
• You're distorting the sound by overdriving the amp.

Associations of "Distort" (30 Words)

blemish	Add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective. Local government is not without blemish.
contort	Twist and press out of shape. Her face contorted with anger.
crimp	A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together. Crimp hair.
damaged	Harmed or injured or spoiled. The storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings.
deface	Spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it. He defaced library books.
deform	Become distorted or misshapen undergo deformation. He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease.
disfigure	Spoil the appearance of. The vandals disfigured the statue.
exaggerate	Do something to an excessive degree. Claims of turmoil within the firm are greatly exaggerated.
garble	A garbled account or transmission. Most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble.
hyperbole	Extravagant exaggeration. He vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles.
irreversibly	In a way that cannot be undone or altered. Our landscape will be irreversibly damaged.
kink	Form a curl curve or kink. A kink in the road.
magnify	Make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope. Praise the Lord and magnify Him.
maim	Wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged. 100 000 soldiers were killed or maimed.
mangle	Press with a mangle. Mangle the sheets.
mar	A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something especially on a person s body. Violence marred a number of New Year celebrations.
misrepresent	Tamper, with the purpose of deception. This statement misrepresents my intentions.
mutate	(with reference to a cell, DNA molecule, etc.) undergo or cause to undergo change in a gene or genes. The virus is able to mutate into new forms that are immune to the vaccine.
mutilate	Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on. The fine carved screen was mutilated in the 18th century.
overblown	Past the stage of full bloom. An overblown rose.
overdo	Do, use, or carry to excess; exaggerate. I d simply overdone it in the gym.
overstate	To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth. I overstated my case to make my point.
overstatement	The action of stating something too strongly; exaggeration. To describe the show as a success would be an overstatement.
pervert	A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time.
transformed	Given a completely different form or appearance. Shocked to see the transformed landscape.
twist	A paper packet with twisted ends. I twisted a strand of hair around my finger.
wrench	Turn something especially a nut or bolt with a wrench. Casey grabbed the gun and wrenched it from my hand.
wrest	Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically. You appear convinced of my guilt and wrest every reply I have made.