Distort

a.	1.	Distorted; misshapen. Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. - Spenser.
v. t.	1.	To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.] Whose face was distorted with pain. - Thackeray.
	2.	To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. - Tillotson.
	3.	To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

Verb	1.	distort - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story Synonyms: falsify, garble, warp
	2.	distort - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" Synonyms: twist, twine
	3.	distort - twist and press out of shape Synonyms: contort, wring, deform
	4.	distort - affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" Synonyms: color, tinge, colour
	5.	distort - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" Synonyms: deform, strain

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