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distort English

Meaning distort meaning

What does distort mean?
Definitions in simple English

distort Verb

— If something is distorted, its shape or meaning is changed, often in a bad or unnatural way. Christina backed away from Michael, whose handsome face was twisted and distorted by hatred. A small change in wording can completely distort the meaning of the speaker. These import taxes can distort the market.

distort

— verb (= falsify) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story — verb (= twist) form into a spiral shape The cord is all twisted — verb (= deform) alter the shape of (something) by stress His body was deformed by leprosy — verb (= contort) twist and press out of shape — verb (= tinge, color, colour) affect as in thought or feeling My personal feelings color my judgment in this case The sadness tinged his life

Synonyms distort synonyms

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distort English » English

twist deform warp misrepresent contort pervert falsify disfigure misinterpret strain garble bend wring deface wrest wrench twine sprain spoil skew turn trick tinge swindle mix up misshape jumble disguise deceive confuse con colour color coil cheat wrick vary uglify twist away turn out travesty transform take in sustainer stretch spread out splay spiral slant skirt

Topics distort topics

What do people use distort to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive See Appearance

Ugly
Language and thought Communication Say True

Exaggerate

Conjugation distort conjugation

How do you conjugate distort?

distort · verb

Examples distort examples

How do I use distort in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

Movie subtitles

Why are you trying to distort everything I say?
What are you tryin' to distort?
Am I letting the horrors of the past distort my judgement of the present?
And you are the exploiters. You're the ones who distort. and ridicule and emasculate us, and that ain't cool.
Reports from our enemy distort the truth- -In an attempt plumt to force our people to surrender.
He came second. Do not distort the facts.
I don't wanna distort it.
I try very hard. never to distort or to dissemble.
If I changed, I'd distort the experiment.
You'll no doubt hear a rumor of it otherwise from idol tongues who'll distort the truth of it.
Seeing your patients die must emotionally distort your judgement.
Now, those can distort sounds.
The particle stream is beginning to distort.
I'm not saying I'll distort the play. I'm just saying I'll reread it with that in mind.
You'd dare distort the truth?
As you can see, it would appear that you distort the truth.
Am I letting the horrors of the past distort my judgment of the present?
No. He came second. Do not distort the facts.
Here I am, minding my own business, on my own property and you...you take unauthorized photos of my museum and proceed to distort them!
I don't wanna distort it. - Come on.
That'll allow them to distort the facts.
They'll distort everything, no one will know the truth.
Shut up, Murdock, before I distort you completely.
The witness is in a position to distort information received by millions of Americans.
That is to say, I am methodical, orderly, and logical, and I do not like to distort facts to support a theory.
Do not distort the facts.
Set hyper drive speed, Time Distort 5.
Time Distort 5.
I mean, apart from space warping, which he couldn't possibly understand, there is a theoretical way of avoiding the time distort.
Modified fin suggests primitive Time Distort facility.
Hardened self-healing Herculaneum hull and superstructure. advanced Time Distort facility, speed range to standard by 12.203.
But the atmosphere is so thick that the ground seems to ripple and distort.
They estimated its initial acceleration at time distort 12.
No, no. lt's not gonna distort.
Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.
They take an interesting story and distort it.

News and current affairs

Labor economists focus not only on how trade unions can distort markets, but also how, under certain conditions, they can enhance productivity.
A long track record of success can warp executives' analysis, distort their decision-making, and leave them blind to incipient paradigm shifts or rapid changes in a market.
And donor agencies often recruit the best local talent themselves, usually at salaries that distort the labor market.
Yet while teachers and scholars have traveled the world for centuries seeking employment and knowledge, the modern global educational marketplace is riddled with problems that impede academic travel and distort educational choices.
Nordea tried to get the deposit guarantee rules changed to create a level playing field in which a cross-border merger would not distort competition between banks.
Industrial support is usually justified on the grounds that private-sector monopolies and duopolies distort markets - though, having driven McDonnell-Douglas out of the market, Airbus and Boeing left the global market structure unchanged.
They must also ensure that additional official financing and debt relief will not distort incentives or create moral hazard.
But we anticipate that, faced with cake tomorrow, our desire for that rich chocolate texture will distort our reasoning so that we might convince ourselves that putting on just a little more weight doesn't really matter all that much.
But the very existence of the EMF would distort credit-default swap spreads and yield differentials among EMF members.
There are other sources of tax revenue in many developing countries that are both more equitable and distort economic incentives far less than VAT.
The Fed would then cause a liquidity squeeze and so distort asset prices as to make much construction, sizable amounts of other investment, and some consumption goods unaffordable (and thus unprofitable to produce).
The US seems more reluctant than ever to exercise the leverage that it still has to press China to correct policies that threaten to distort trade, foster huge trade imbalances, and spark greater competition for scarce raw materials.
The resulting higher tax rates distort economic incentives and thus weaken future economic performance.
Until recently, Exxon Mobil and other companies paid lobbyists to try to distort the public debate.
This is Manicheanism of the left, and, like Manicheanism of the political right, it can distort reality to the point of becoming divorced from it.
After all, another Middle East conflict would poison and distort relations in the region for decades, which would be the worst of all possible consequences - for the US and China alike.
If we can teach children to recognize what they have in common with those from other cultures, we can also help them to resist the prejudices of those who seek to distort the truth and divide people.
For example, by disfavoring lending to private firms, state-owned banks distort the allocation of resources.
These differences distort decisions about investment allocation and financing.
But, worse than that, blindness to what really happened in the past can distort the development of your society.
At any given BMI score, fat mass varies widely, and other variables, such as gender or age, further distort findings, with greater increases in fat mass per BMI unit seen in women and in the elderly.
Milosevic is gone, but so long as his trial is perceived as a show trial and not real justice, he will continue to distort our democracy.
The conventional wisdom is, however, wrong; worse, it is dangerous, for we have all seen how quickly it can take hold, distort reality, and then harden like cement.
Both perceptions distort reality, though both contain a kernel of truth.
In some cases, this will harm free trade, and governments should be careful to avoid measures that distort resource allocation.
Panic about terrorism and climate change doesn't blind us entirely to other problems facing the planet, but our fear does distort the lens through which we see the big picture.
But the past, especially when not handled with care, can be the enemy of the future and distort our reading of the challenges of the present.

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