| VERB | communication | distort, falsify, garble, warp | make false by mutilation or addition |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | distort, twist, twine | form into a spiral shape | |
| contact | distort, contort, deform, wring | twist and press out of shape | |
| communication | distort, tinge, color, colour | affect as in thought or feeling | |
| change | distort, deform, strain | alter the shape of (something) by stress |
| Sounds | dihstao'rt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abort ... wart: 48 rhymes with aort... | |
| Meaning | make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | falsify, garble, warp | |
| Narrower | mangle, mutilate, murder | alter so as to make unrecognizable |
| Broader | misrepresent, belie | represent falsely |
| Spanish | alterar, confundir, distorsionar, falsear, tergiversar | |
| Catalan | alterar, distorsionar, tergiversar | |
| Nouns | distortion | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean |
| distortion | the mistake of misrepresenting the facts | |
| distortion | a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal | |
| Meaning | form into a spiral shape. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | twist, twine | |
| Narrower | contort, deform, distort, wring | Twist and press out of shape |
| entangle, tangle, mat, snarl | Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | |
| intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace | spin,wind, or twist together | |
| spin | Work natural fibers into a thread | |
| weave, interweave | Interlace by or as if by weaving | |
| wring, wrench | Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish | |
| Broader | change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Opposite | untwist | Cause to become untwisted |
| Catalan | cargolar, enroscar | |
| Nouns | distortion | a shape resulting from distortion |
| Meaning | Twist and press out of shape. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | contort, deform, wring | |
| Narrower | morph | change shape as via computer animation |
| Broader | twist, twine, distort | form into a spiral shape |
| Similar to | wring, wrench | Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish |
| wring | Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid | |
| Spanish | alterar, deformar, desfigurar, distorsionar, tergiversar | |
| Catalan | alterar, desfigurar, distorsionar, tergiversar | |
| Nouns | distortion | a shape resulting from distortion |
| Meaning | affect as in thought or feeling. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | tinge, color, colour | |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
| Meaning | Alter the shape of (something) by stress. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | deform, strain | |
| Narrower | jaundice | distort adversely |
| Broader | shape, form | Give shape or form to |
| Spanish | deformar, distorsionar | |
| Catalan | deformar | |
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