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distort
[ dih-stawrt ]
verb (used with object)
- to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed:
Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- to give a false, perverted, or disproportionate meaning to; misrepresent:
to distort the facts.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- Electronics. to reproduce or amplify (a signal) inaccurately by changing the frequencies or unequally changing the delay or amplitude of the components of the output wave.
distort
/ ɪˈɔː /
verb
- often passive to twist or pull out of shape; make bent or misshapen; contort; deform
- to alter or misrepresent (facts, motives, etc)
- electronics to reproduce or amplify (a signal) inaccurately, changing the shape of the waveform
Derived Forms
- 徱ˈٴǰٱ, adverb
- 徱ˈٴǰٱ, adjective
- 徱ˈٴǰٱness, noun
- 徱ˈٴǰٱ, noun
- 徱ˈٴǰپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- 徱·ٴǰİ noun
- 徱·ٴǰt adjective
- ԴDzd·ٴǰiԲ adjective
- ԴDzd·ٴǰiԲ·ly adverb
- non徱·ٴǰt adjective
- v·徱·ٴǰ verb (used with object)
- ܲd·ٴǰiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of distort1
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Example Sentences
Paramount’s lawyers have pushed back against Trump’s arguments and CBS journalists have maintained they did not distort the Harris interview.
A distorted jet stream pattern early next week that means temperatures will rise.
With psychedelics, this “desynchronization” in the brain that increases randomness may be related to the distorted sense of time and space and changes in perspective that are experienced during a trip.
It's the male version of the "Mar-a-Lago" face, where right-wing people distort their looks to exaggerate gender to the point of grotesquerie.
To justify their actions, the Trump administration is distorting the meaning of “pro bono,” which traditionally translates as “for the good of the public,” to instead mean “for the good of President Trump’s interests.”
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