Definition of distort

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Distort (v. t.) To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

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Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage..
Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning..
Polt-footed :: Polt-footed (a.) Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
Deformed :: Deformed (a.) Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head..
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
Grimaced :: Grimaced (a.) Distorted; crabbed.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Writhe :: Writhe (v. i.) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively..
Wry :: Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Distorting :: Distorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distor.
Cringe :: Cringe (v. t.) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
Clubhand :: Clubhand (n.) A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand..
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth..
Distortion :: Distortion (n.) A wresting from the true meaning.
Loom :: Loom (v. i.) To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high..
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
Distortive :: Distortive (a.) Causing distortion.
Distorter :: Distorter (n.) One who, or that which, distorts..
Asquint :: Asquint (adv.) With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint..
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