distort

distort is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Distorted; misshapen. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Distorted; misshapen.
2. transitive verb. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
3. transitive verb. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
4. transitive verb. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
5. verb. alter the shape of (something) by stress

   "His body was deformed by leprosy"

   Synonyms: deform, strain

6. verb. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

   Synonyms: falsify, garble, warp

7. verb. affect as in thought or feeling

   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"

   "The sadness tinged his life"

   Synonyms: color, colour, tinge

8. verb. form into a spiral shape

   "The cord is all twisted"

   Synonyms: twine, twist

9. verb. twist and press out of shape

   Synonyms: contort, deform, wring

Synonyms

deform, strain, falsify, garble, warp, color, colour, tinge, twine, twist, contort, wring

Common word forms

distorts, distorted, distorter, distorting, distortable

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