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verb (used with object)
1.
to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
2.
to give a false, perverted, or disproportionate meaning to; misrepresent: to distort the facts.
3.
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.
Origin:
1580–90; < Latin distortus (past participle of distorquēre to distort), equivalent to dis- dis-1 + tor(qu)- (stem of torquēre to twist) + -tus past participle suffix
1580–90; < Latin distortus (past participle of distorquēre to distort), equivalent to dis- dis-1 + tor(qu)- (stem of torquēre to twist) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
dis·tort·er, noun
dis·tor·tive, adjective
non·dis·tort·ing, adjective
non·dis·tort·ing·ly, adverb
non·dis·tor·tive, adjective
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Example Sentences
- The writers of nature films and wildlife documentaries are so seriously afflicted in this way they distort science.
- Each dream distorts your reality differently.
- But, don't let fond childhood memories distort your financial sense.
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Word Origin & History
distort
1580s, from L. distortus, pp. of distorquere "to twist different ways, distort," from dis- "completely" + torquere "to twist" (see thwart). Related: Distorted; distorting.
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