Antonyms for distort


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-stawrt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstɔrt


Definition of distort

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Latin distortus, past participle of distorquere "to twist different ways, distort," from dis- "completely" + torquere "to twist" (see thwart). Related: Distorted; distorting.
  • verb deform; falsify
Example sentences :
  • He will not steal it, nor distort it with his supernatural chisels, nor make fun of it.
  • Extract from : « Death of a Spaceman » by Walter M. Miller
  • "Yes, they have done their best to distort it," sighed Mendelssohn.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • The mirage in Mesopotamia does not so much hide as distort the truth.
  • Extract from : « With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia » by One of its Officer
  • But fashion and the absence of models cramp and distort his work.
  • Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury
  • If to this we add the idea of the subject, which has consciousness, we distort the event.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet
  • Thinking thus, do you continue to dissemble or to distort the truth?
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • But there, they're doing all they can to distort the children's minds.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier » by Maurice LeBlanc
  • One of them began to distort his features and turn up his eyes.
  • Extract from : « Travels in North America, From Modern Writers » by William Bingley
  • He had got an 'ideal' of her which it was pleasanter to magnify than to distort.
  • Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
  • If you think it will benefit you to distort my motives, Mackworth, pray do so.
  • Extract from : « The Big Drum » by Arthur Pinero

Synonyms for distort

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