Distort Definition

dĭ-stôrt
distorted, distorting, distorts
verb
distorted, distorting, distorts
To twist out of shape; change the usual or normal shape, form, or appearance of.
Webster's New World
To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape.
A reflection distorted in the moving water; a face distorted in misery.
American Heritage
To cause to deviate from what is normal, reasonable, or accurate.
American Heritage
To misrepresent; misstate; pervert.
To distort the facts.
Webster's New World
To modify (a wave, sound, signal, etc.) so as to produce an unfaithful reproduction.
Webster's New World
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adjective

(obsolete) Distorted; misshapen.

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Origin of Distort

  • Latin distorquēre distort- dis- apart dis– torquēre to twist terkw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin distortum, past participle of distorquēre (“to twist, torture, distort”)

    From Wiktionary

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