distort
/dɪsˈtɔːt/US/dɪsˈtoɹt/
distort verb: to bring something out of shape, to misshape.
Verb
distort (third-person singular simple present distorts, present participle distorting, simple past and past participle distorted)
- To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
- This she did with the utmost politeness, though cold by race, and through her politeness ran a sense of what the Teutons call Duty, which would once have repelled me; but I have wandered over a great part of the world and I know it now to be a distorted kind of virtue.1902, Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome
- Synonyms:
- deform
- To become misshapen.
- To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
- In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
- Synonyms:
- skew
Adjective
distort (comparative more distort, superlative most distort)
distort meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
distort in Tamil
- உரு வேறுபடுத்து, உருக்குலை, திரித்துக் கூறு, திரிதல்
distort in Marathi
- विकृत करण्यासाठी
distort in Urdu
- بگاڑنا, مروڑنا, مسخ کرنا, توڑنا
distort in Bengali
- বিকৃত করা, দোমড়ানো, মিথ্যা বিবরণ দেওয়া, বিকৃতসাধন করা, বিকৃতমূর্তি করা
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- distort in Telugu
- వక్రీకరించడానికి, వక్రీకరించటానికి, వక్రీకరించుటకు
- distort in Malayalam
- വളച്ചൊടിക്കുക vaḷaccoṭikkuka
- distort in Kannada
- ಉರುಗು, ಮುರುಕು, ಮುಡುಕು, ವಿರೂಪಗೊಳಿಸು
- distort in Gujarati
- વિકૃત કરવા માટે, વિકૃત કરવા
- distort in Odia
- ବିକୃତି କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- distort in Nepali
- विकृत गर्न, विरूपण गर्न
- distort in Arabic
- شَوَّهَ šawwaha
- distort in Thai
- บิดเบือน bìt-bʉʉan
Examples of distort in a sentence
- The traditional reel Within a Mile of Dublin, for instance, distorts until it reaches something quasi-industrial.
- They distort our glorious founding and what this country is all about.
- Neural network or deep learning technologies are also enabling those that want to distort another individual’s dossier.
Synonyms of distort
Forms of distort
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | distorts |
| present participle | distorting |
| past participle | distorted |
| past | distorted |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more distort |
| superlative | most distort |
Origin of distort
Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”).
Words formed from distort
Words that rhyme with distort
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- export
- mort
- assort
- escort
- fort
- quart
- resort
- retort
- thwart
- wart
- cavort
- comport
- detort
- extort
- swart
- transport
- apport
- come short
- consort
- contort
- desport
- ort
- purport
- reimport
- tort
- accourt
- aport
- asnort
- asport
- bort
- coreport
- Crown Court
- dort
- exhort
- Isle aux Morts
- kangaroo court
- misreport
- reexport
- rereport
- rort
- skort
- spoilsport
- torte
- worrywart
Questions about distort
- What does distort mean?
- Distort means to bring something out of shape, to misshape.
- What is distort in Tamil?
- Distort in Tamil is உரு வேறுபடுத்து, உருக்குலை, திரித்துக் கூறு. See Distort meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is distort?
- Distort can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce distort?
- Distort is pronounced /dɪsˈtɔːt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of distort?
- The past tense of distort is distorted.
Words near distort in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: distort (page history and authors); distort (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distort (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); distort (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distort (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distort (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); distort (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distort (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); distort (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); distort (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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