distorts
Bends out of shape
Distorts means to twist, bend, or pull out of normal shape: The funhouse mirror distorted her reflection.
More often the twisting is figurative—misrepresenting facts or meaning: The article distorts what I actually said.
Sound or images can be distorted by technical interference.
Heat distorts metal.
Bias distorts judgment.
Bends from original shape
- bendsCurves or yields
- twistsRotational bends or turns
- contortsTwists out of shape
- deformsAlters shape abnormally
skews · misshapes · stretches · buckles · curves · gnarls · wrenches · distends
Tensions or emphases
- stretchesExtends or lengthens
- strainsVarieties, injuries, or sifts
- deformsAlters shape abnormally
- elongatesExtends in dimension
tensions · pressures · overextends · fatigues · ruptures · fractures · yields · creeps
Alters to deceive
- misleadsCauses false belief
- fabricatesCreates falsely or manufactures
- misstatesExpresses inaccurately
- deceivesCauses false belief
slants · perverts · misinterprets · misconstrues · misinforms · dissembles · exaggerates · lies
Preformed negative judgments
- skewsDistorts or angles
- slantsAngles from horizontal
- discriminatesTreats unfairly by category
- favorsPreferences or courtesies
stereotypes · bigotry · partiality · unfairness · ethnocentrism · partisanship · tendentiousness · one-sided
Overstates for effect
- parodiesSatirical imitations
- lampoonsMocks through exaggerated imitation
- satirizesMocks through exaggeration
- mocksRidicules through imitation
burlesques · spoofs · cartoonish · grotesque · ridicules · overdraws · travesties · impersonates
warps
Bends from original shape
deforms · skews · misshapes · stretches · buckles · curves · gnarls · wrenches · distends · disfigures
stresses
Tensions or emphases
elongates · tensions · pressures · overextends · fatigues · ruptures · fractures · yields · creeps · buckles
falsifies
Alters to deceive
- misleadsCauses false belief
- fabricatesCreates falsely or manufactures
- misstatesExpresses inaccurately
deceives · slants · perverts · misinterprets · misconstrues · misinforms · dissembles · exaggerates · lies · forges
prejudices
Preformed negative judgments
- skewsDistorts or angles
- slantsAngles from horizontal
- discriminatesTreats unfairly by category
favors · stereotypes · bigotry · partiality · unfairness · ethnocentrism · partisanship · tendentiousness · one-sided · jaundiced
exaggerates
Overstates for effect
- parodiesSatirical imitations
- lampoonsMocks through exaggerated imitation
- satirizesMocks through exaggeration
mocks · burlesques · spoofs · cartoonish · grotesque · ridicules · overdraws · travesties · impersonates · send-up
- distortionsdeform, warp, twist, twists, bend
- hurtsaches, burns, cuts, wounds, injures
- tarnishesblemishes, blots, corrupts, defames, denigrates
- oversimplificationgeneralizes, stereotypes, reduces, reductive, essentializes
distortsdepicts
Represents through imagery
shows · preserves · represents · clarifies · reflects
- audio distortionDegraded sound quality
- time distortionAltered perception of duration
- visual distortionAltered image appearance
- distorted realityPerception divorced from truth
- distorting mirrorSurface showing bent reflections
- distorted visionImpaired optical clarity
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