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distort
[dih-stawrt]
verb (used with object)
to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed.
Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
to give a false, perverted, or disproportionate meaning to; misrepresent.
to distort the facts.
Electronics., to reproduce or amplify (a signal) inaccurately by changing the frequencies or unequally changing the delay or amplitude of the components of the output wave.
distort
/ dɪˈstɔːt /
verb
(often passive) to twist or pull out of shape; make bent or misshapen; contort; deform
to alter or misrepresent (facts, motives, etc)
electronics to reproduce or amplify (a signal) inaccurately, changing the shape of the waveform
Other Word Forms
- distorter noun
- distortive adjective
- nondistorting adjective
- nondistortingly adverb
- nondistortive adjective
- overdistort verb (used with object)
- undistorting adjective
- distortedly adverb
- distorted adjective
- distortedness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of distort1
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Example Sentences
The app also added an extra finger onto the influencers hand, and distorted her face.
Late in the album, the typically hushed “I Love You” tries something new, closing out with dramatic and bizarrely distorted percussion.
That revenue figure was distorted somewhat by the disposal of its Sun Art and Intime operations and would have been more like 15% if adjusted for them.
They began the set — contrary to the noisy atmosphere of the year prior characterized by distorted alternative rock — with a piano solo.
The house is wrapped in clinker brick, a term for when clay bricks are set too close to the flames when being fired in a kiln, giving them distorted shapes and colors.
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