a. | 1. | Distorted; misshapen. |
v. t. | 1. | To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; |
2. | To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. | |
3. | To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; |
Verb | 1. | distort - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story |
2. | distort - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" | |
3. | distort - twist and press out of shape | |
4. | distort - affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" | |
5. | distort - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" |