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Meanings of distort in English

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Affect as in thought or feeling.

        Portuguese
        distorcer
        Spanish
        confundir

        Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.

              distorcer
              Catalan
              cargolar

              Form into a spiral shape.

                  cargolar
                  Portuguese
                  distorcer
                  Catalan
                  desfigurar

                  Twist and press out of shape.

                        distorcer
                        Usage of distort in English
                        1
                        Paul McGinley must wish he was a magician, able to distort reality.
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        Polls using lists of emotive circumstances tend to distort results, it said.
                        The Irish Times
                        3
                        The University of Ohio discovered that distraction distort how we view reality.
                        Radio NZ
                        4
                        Everyone knows anger can distort judgment, temporarily blinding us to negative consequences.
                        The Irish Times
                        5
                        Sometimes, such an approach can distort the quality of the actual music.
                        The Irish Times
                        6
                        It will also serve to totally distort the Central Bank's credit figures.
                        The Irish Times
                        7
                        Stretch marks can move through a tattoo and really distort the image.
                        Wired
                        8
                        Some keep areas the same but distort angles, some do the reverse.
                        The Irish Times
                        9
                        Tidal forces distort the waters of the world, making their surface oval.
                        Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
                        10
                        It grew in intensity, making his outline ripple and distort, like water.
                        The dark griffin
                        11
                        A draught, caused by the opening of a door may distort it.
                        The House of the Vampire
                        12
                        He could not distort it into a virtue, try as he would.
                        The Puppet Crown
                        13
                        It's a statistic that's hard to distort and it's hard to corrupt.
                        The new yorker
                        14
                        Colonel De Craye, you lengthen your face preternaturally, you distort it purposely.
                        The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
                        15
                        The wife of Reginald Beecher thus to distort her looks at night!
                        Bab: A Sub-Deb
                        16
                        There are many experiences that can distort how Black women see themselves.
                        Ebony
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                        Translations for distort
                        Spanish
                        confundir
                        Distort through the time
                        Distort across language varieties
                        Ireland
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        United Kingdom
                        Less common