distort
Distorted; misshapenDistorted; misshapen.
» Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
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1 senses(obsolete)Distorted; misshapen.
Examples
61 sentencesGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Some newspapers distorted the news.
ruНекоторые газеты исказили сообщение. — sharptoothed
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
ruСначала обзаведитесь фактами, а потом можете их искажать сколько угодно. — shanghainese
deMan muss die Tatsachen kennen, bevor man sie verdrehen kann. — Esperantostern
He distorted my words.
Він спотворив мої слова. — lingvokrolik
ruОн исказил мои слова. — al_ex_an_der
He has distorted my speech.
Він перекрутив мої слова. — uaspeaker
ruОн исказил мои слова. — al_ex_an_der
Origin
Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”).
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Forms
more distort, most distort| Comparative | more distort Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most distort Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.