distortion

distortion is a 10-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.
2. noun. A wresting from the true meaning.
3. noun. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
4. noun. An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
5. noun. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
6. noun. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

   Synonyms: overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting

7. noun. a change for the worse

   Synonyms: deformation

8. noun. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

   Synonyms: aberration

9. noun. a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

   "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"

10. noun. a shape resulting from distortion

Synonyms

overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting, deformation, aberration

Common word forms

distortions, distortional, distortionless

Words from these letters

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