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Dis·tort, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.]
1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
Whose face was distorted with pain. --Thackeray.
2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. --Tillotson.
3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
Syn: -- To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
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distorted
adj 1: strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with
contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments
of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders" [syn:
contorted, twisted]
2: 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" [syn: deformed, ill-shapen, malformed,
misshapen]
3: 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" [syn: misrepresented,
perverted, twisted]