Associations to the word «Distort»

Wiktionary

DISTORT, verb. (transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
DISTORT, verb. (intransitive) (ergative) To become misshapen.
DISTORT, verb. (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of
DISTORT, adjective. (obsolete) distorted; misshapen

Dictionary definition

DISTORT, verb. Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.
DISTORT, verb. Form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted".
DISTORT, verb. Twist and press out of shape.
DISTORT, verb. Affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life".
DISTORT, verb. Alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn