Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb distort

5 senses of distort

Sense 1
falsify, distort, garble, warp -- (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story)
       => misrepresent, belie -- (represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions")

Sense 2
twist, twine, distort -- (form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted")
       => change shape, change form, deform -- (assume a different shape or form)

Sense 3
contort, deform, distort, wring -- (twist and press out of shape)
       => twist, twine, distort -- (form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted")

Sense 4
tinge, color, colour, distort -- (affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life")
       => affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch -- (have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?")

Sense 5
deform, distort, strain -- (alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy")
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")

Antonyms of adj distorted

2 senses of distorted

Sense 1
deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen -- (so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers")

INDIRECT (VIA unshapely) -> shapely -- (having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs")

Sense 2
distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted -- (having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem")

INDIRECT (VIA disingenuous) -> ingenuous, artless -- (characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility")

Similarity of adj distorted

2 senses of distorted

Sense 1
deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen -- (so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers")
       => unshapely (vs. shapely) -- (not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout unshapely woman")

Sense 2
distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted -- (having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem")
       => disingenuous (vs. ingenuous), artful -- (not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse")