Distort(a.) Distorted; misshapen.
Distort(v. t.) To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
Distort(v. t.) To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
Distort(v. t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
Distorted(imp. & p. p.) of Distort
Distorter(n.) One who, or that which, distorts.
Distorting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distort
Distortion(n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.
Distortion(n.) A wresting from the true meaning.
Distortion(n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
Distortion(n.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
Distortive(a.) Causing distortion.
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