1. Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
   - falsify, garble, warp 
2. Form into a spiral shape
   - twist, twine 
3. Twist and press out of shape
   - contort, deform, wring 
4. Affect as in thought or feeling
   - tinge, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn] 
5. Alter the shape of (something) by stress
   - deform, strain

Derived forms: distorted, distorting, distorts

See also: distortion

Type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, belie, change form, change shape, deform, form, impact, misrepresent, shape, touch, touch on

Encyclopedia: Distort

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