dis|tort´ing|ly

dis|tort´ing|ly
dis|tort «dihs TRT», transitive verb.
1. to pull or twist out of shape; make crooked or ugly; change the normal appearance of: »

Rage distorted his face, making it very ugly.

SYNONYM(S): contort.
2. Figurative. to change from the truth; give a twist or turn to (the mind, thoughts, views): »

The driver distorted the facts of the accident to escape blame. The medium of television can strikingly if unintentionally distort events out of true focus (C. L. Sulzberger).

SYNONYM(S): misrepresent, falsify.
[< Latin distortus, past participle of distorquēre < dis- (intensive) + torquēre twist]
dis|tort´er, noun.
dis|tort´ing|ly, adverb.

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