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verb

Distort v. t. (past & past part. distorted; pres. part. distorting)

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."

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."

To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

Synonyms: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.

adjective

Distort adj. Distorted; misshapen. (Obs.) "Her face was ugly and her mouth distort."

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"Distort" Quotes from Famous Books

... me: Say thou didst not drink it! Say Inis did not—While I speak, the blood Fades from thy cheek! Thine eyes close! Dying pangs Distort thy features; pangs like those which shortened His life, whose angry ghost, grim, fierce, and ghastly, Comes gliding yonder. See his livid finger Points to the poisoned cup! He frowns and threatens. Pray for me, angel! Pray for ...

— The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 • Various

... distort; I saw him suddenly dash himself down upon his knees despite his fetters, and beat his face into the dust, crying out the while in a passion of hoarse remorse that made one's ...

— Kokoro - Japanese Inner Life Hints • Lafcadio Hearn

... of the revolution better understood. The French should know that most English newspapers are directly in the pay of government, or, if indirectly connected with it, always under its orders; and that those papers constantly distort and attack the revolution in France in order to deceive the nation. But, as it is impossible long to prevent the prevalence of truth, the daily falsehoods of those papers no longer have the ...

— The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Complete - With Index to Volumes I - IV • Thomas Paine

... reject bad ones; full of the desire for knowledge and the excitement of discovery. The joy to him is to see things as they are and to judge them normally. He is not bored by the sight of normal, healthy muscles in a healthy, well-shaped body; he is delighted. If you distort the muscles for emotional effect, he would say with disappointment: 'But that is ugly!' or 'But a man's muscles do not go like that!' He will have noted that tears are salt and rather warm; but if you say like a modern poet that your heroine's tears are 'more hot than ...

— The Legacy of Greece • Various

... must be a fact," I said. "There is some bit of history concealed there. The common people never invent: they distort." ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 • Various

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