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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.
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
/ dɪˈstɔːt /
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
Other Word Forms
- distortedly adverb
- distorted adjective
- distortedness noun
- distorter noun
- distortive adjective
- nondistorting adjective
- nondistortingly adverb
- nondistortive adjective
- overdistort verb (used with object)
- undistorting adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of distort1
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Example Sentences
If she’s elected to Congress, Gonzales-Torres said her first priority would be to go after corporations that are “raising prices for everyday people” and their lobbyists who distort the political process in Washington.
It’s part of a long-standing right-wing script that is used to distort the reality of gun violence and redirect attention away from the need for stricter federal firearm limitations.
The second thing that conservatives are protecting is their own distorted view of Judeo-Christian teachings.
This, too, fits into the right’s distorted gender stereotypes.
But the picture was wobbly and the sound distorted.
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