1. (

• falsify ,
• distort ,
• garble ,
• warp

) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story ;

2. (

• twist ,
• twine ,
• distort ,

) form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" ;

3. (

• contort ,
• deform ,
• distort ,
• wring ,

) twist and press out of shape ;

4. (

• tinge ,
• color ,
• colour ,
• distort ,

) affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" ;

5. (

• deform ,
• distort ,
• strain

) alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" ;

1. (

• deformed ,
• distorted ,
• ill-shapen ,
• malformed ,
• misshapen

) 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" ;

2. (

• distorted ,
• misrepresented ,
• perverted ,
• twisted

) 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" ;