distort
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Types & categories
- misrepresent hypernym
- murder hyponym
Related & opposite
- distortion derivation
- falsification derivation
- twisting derivation
- falsehood derivation
- warping derivation
- falsifier derivation
- distortion derivation
- falseness derivation
- deflection derivation
Sense 2 verb
form into a spiral shape
The cord is all twisted
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- untwist antonym
- distorted shape derivation
- twirl derivation
Sense 3 verb
twist and press out of shape
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contortion derivation
- deformation derivation
- distorted shape derivation
- tortuousness derivation
- wring verb group
- wring verb group
Sense 4 verb
affect as in thought or feeling
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
Types & categories
- affect hypernym
Sense 5 verb
alter the shape of (something) by stress
His body was deformed by leprosy
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- deformation derivation
- strain derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distortion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | twisting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsehood |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | warping |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsifier |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distortion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | falseness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deflection |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | misrepresent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | murder |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | untwist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distorted shape |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | twirl |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change shape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lace |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | weave |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contortion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deformation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distorted shape |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tortuousness |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | wring |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | wring |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | distort |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | morph |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | affect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deformation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | strain |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | jaundice |