- 1. a. Distorted; misshapen. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. Source: opted
- 5. v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story Source: wordnet
- 6. v. form into a spiral shape Source: wordnet
- 7. v. twist and press out of shape Source: wordnet
- 8. v. affect as in thought or feeling Source: wordnet
- 9. v. alter the shape of (something) by stress Source: wordnet
- 10. Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. Spenser. 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. Thackeray. 2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. Tillotson. 3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. Syn. -- To twist; wrest; deform; pervert. Source: webster
- 11. Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. Spenser. Source: adambom
- 12. v:100 v make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story v form into a spiral shape v twist and press out of shape v affect as in thought or feeling v alter the shape of (something) by stress Source: ecdict
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