distort C1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /dɪˈstoɹt/ UK /dɪˈstɔːt/ See IPA manual Freq #31975 Meanings 1 verb To give a false or misleading account of something. Newspapers sometimes distort the truth to make a better story. 2 verb To pull or twist something out of its normal shape. The heat distorted the plastic frame. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to give a false or... skew 2 verb · to pull or twist something... deformwarp Word family Forms distorteddistortedlydistortingdistorts Derived forms distortabledistorterdistortiveundistort Related forms distorteddistortion Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”). *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European distortum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # distort **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /dɪˈstoɹt/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈstɔːt/ **Frequency rank:** 31975 ## Meanings 1. To give a false or misleading account of something. 2. To pull or twist something out of its normal shape. ## Examples - Newspapers sometimes distort the truth to make a better story. - The heat distorted the plastic frame. ## Derived Forms - distortable - distorter - distortive - undistort ## Related Forms - distorted - distortion ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *terkʷ- - Root: distortum ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”). ## AI Etymology Distort is borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”). The historical chain includes *terkʷ- (Proto-Indo-European) and distortum (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as distortable, distorter, distortive, and undistort and related forms such as distorted and distortion. In present use it covers to give a false or misleading account of something and to pull or twist something out of its normal shape. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown