What does distort mean?

distort means "make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in distort?

distort has 2 syllables: di-stort. The stress falls on "stort". In IPA it is /dɪˈstɔɹt/.

What is another word for distort?

Close synonyms include falsify, garble, warp, twist, twine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is distort a common word?

distort is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with distort?

1 word rhymes with distort. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

distort — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

verb

5 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Synonymsfalsify garble warp
Broadermisrepresent
Narrowermangle
2.
form into a spiral shape
“The cord is all twisted”
Synonymstwist twine
Broaderchange shape
Narrowerwring contort entangle intertwine spin weave
3.
twist and press out of shape
Synonymscontort deform wring
Broadertwist
Narrowermorph
4.
affect as in thought or feeling
“My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”
“The sadness tinged his life”
Synonymstinge color colour
Broaderaffect
5.
alter the shape of (something) by stress
“His body was deformed by leprosy”
Synonymsdeform strain
Broadershape
Narrowerjaundice

Other forms of distort

past tense: distorted·
present participle: distorting·
third person: distorts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about distort

What does distort mean?: distort means "make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in distort?: distort has 2 syllables: di-stort. The stress falls on "stort". In IPA it is /dɪˈstɔɹt/.
What is another word for distort?: Close synonyms include falsify, garble, warp, twist, twine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is distort a common word?: distort is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with distort?: 1 word rhymes with distort. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for distort come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

verb

5 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Synonymsfalsify garble warp
Broadermisrepresent
Narrowermangle
2.
form into a spiral shape
“The cord is all twisted”
Synonymstwist twine
Broaderchange shape
Narrowerwring contort entangle intertwine spin weave
3.
twist and press out of shape
Synonymscontort deform wring
Broadertwist
Narrowermorph
4.
affect as in thought or feeling
“My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”
“The sadness tinged his life”
Synonymstinge color colour
Broaderaffect
5.
alter the shape of (something) by stress
“His body was deformed by leprosy”
Synonymsdeform strain
Broadershape
Narrowerjaundice

Other forms of distort

past tense: distorted·
present participle: distorting·
third person: distorts·

Questions about distort

What does distort mean?: distort means "make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in distort?: distort has 2 syllables: di-stort. The stress falls on "stort". In IPA it is /dɪˈstɔɹt/.
What is another word for distort?: Close synonyms include falsify, garble, warp, twist, twine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is distort a common word?: distort is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with distort?: 1 word rhymes with distort. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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