Synonyms for distort
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-stawrt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstɔrt |
Top 10 synonyms for distort Other synonyms for the word distort
Définition of distort
Origin :- 1580s, from Latin distortus, past participle of distorquere "to twist different ways, distort," from dis- "completely" + torquere "to twist" (see thwart). Related: Distorted; distorting.
- verb deform; falsify
- He will not steal it, nor distort it with his supernatural chisels, nor make fun of it.
- Extract from : « Death of a Spaceman » by Walter M. Miller
- "Yes, they have done their best to distort it," sighed Mendelssohn.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- The mirage in Mesopotamia does not so much hide as distort the truth.
- Extract from : « With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia » by One of its Officer
- But fashion and the absence of models cramp and distort his work.
- Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury
- If to this we add the idea of the subject, which has consciousness, we distort the event.
- Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet
- Thinking thus, do you continue to dissemble or to distort the truth?
- Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
- But there, they're doing all they can to distort the children's minds.
- Extract from : « The Frontier » by Maurice LeBlanc
- One of them began to distort his features and turn up his eyes.
- Extract from : « Travels in North America, From Modern Writers » by William Bingley
- He had got an 'ideal' of her which it was pleasanter to magnify than to distort.
- Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
- If you think it will benefit you to distort my motives, Mackworth, pray do so.
- Extract from : « The Big Drum » by Arthur Pinero
Antonyms for distort
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