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distort - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | distort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform; falsify |
| Synonyms: | alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge*, garble, knot, lie, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, pervert, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, twist, warp, whitewash*, wind, wrench, writhe, gnarl, make out like, misshape, phony up, put one on, trump up |
| Antonyms: | beautify, straight, shape nicely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to favor |
| Synonyms: | distort, incline, influence, prejudice, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight, make partial, prepossess |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | be fair, be impartial, be just |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| Main Entry: | botch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder |
| Synonyms: | blow*, boggle*, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher*, distort, err, flounder, flub*, fumble, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, ruin, screw up*, spoil, stumble, wreck, bobble, bollix, fall down*, goof up*, gum up, louse up, miscompute, misconjecture, muck up*, pull a boner |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed, do well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contort, warp |
| Synonyms: | bend, bulge, collapse, crumple, distort, fold, twist, yield, cave in |
| Antonyms: | flatten, smooth |
| Main Entry: | deface |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mar, mutilate |
| Synonyms: | blemish, contort, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, disfigure, distort, harm, impair, injure, mangle, obliterate, ruin, scratch, spoil, sully, tarnish, trash*, vandalize, wreck, dilapidate, misshape |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, fix, mend, ornament, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disfigure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ugly |
| Synonyms: | blemish, damage, deface, defile, deform, distort, hurt, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, scar, disfashion, disfeature |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, ornament |
| Main Entry: | distend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, swell |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, dilate, distort, enlarge, expand, increase, inflate, lengthen, puff, stretch, widen |
| Antonyms: | contract, deflate, fall, shrink, cave in |
| Main Entry: | exaggerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overstate, embellish |
| Synonyms: | amplify, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up*, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, intensify, lie, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, pad*, puff, put on, pyramid*, romance, scam, stretch, up*, blow out of proportion, go to extremes, hyperbolize, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misquote, misreport, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pretty up, romanticize |
| Antonyms: | depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | falsify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter, misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, belie, change, color, con, contort, contradict, contravene, cook, counterfeit, deacon, deceive, deny, distort, doctor, dress up*, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, fake, fib, forge, garble, gloss, lie, misstate, palter, pervert, prevaricate, promote, put on an act*, salt*, traverse, twist, warp, fake it, four-flush, frame up, misquote, phony up, tamper with, trump up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | garble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | belie, color, confuse, corrupt, distort, doctor, falsify, jumble, misinterpret, mislead, misstate, mutilate, obscure, pervert, slant, twist, warp, misquote, tamper with |
| Antonyms: | decipher, order, pronounce, represent, translate, unscramble |
| Main Entry: | grimace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a pained expression |
| Synonyms: | contort, deform, distort, frown, make a face, make a wry face, misshape, mouth, mug*, scowl, screw up one's face, smirk, sneer |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | injure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, harm |
| Synonyms: | abuse, aggrieve, batter, blemish, blight, break, contort, cripple, cut up, damage, deface, deform, disable, disfigure, distort, distress, do in*, foul, foul up, grieve, impair, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pain, pique, prejudice, ruin, shake up, spoil, sting, tarnish, torment, torture, total, undermine, vitiate, wax, weaken, wound, wrong, draw blood, hack up |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cure, fix, heal, help, mend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mutilate, deform |
| Synonyms: | batter, break, bruise, butcher, carve, contort, crush, cut, damage, deface, destroy, disfigure, distort, flay, hack, hash, impair, injure, lacerate, maim, mar, maul, rend, ruin, separate, slash, slay, slice, slit, spoil, tear, wound, wreck |
| Antonyms: | cure, heal, help, preserve |
| Main Entry: | misconstrue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get a wrong or false impression |
| Synonyms: | distort, exaggerate, misapprehend, misinterpret, misjudge, mistake, misunderstand, pervert, misconceive, misread, mistranslate, take the wrong way |
| Antonyms: | discern, get, perceive, understand |
| Main Entry: | misrepresent/misquote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, distort |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, angle, beard*, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, mangle, mask, misinterpret, misstate, overstate, palter, pervert, pirate*, prevaricate, promote, puff*, skew, slant, snow*, stretch, twist, warp, cover up, give snow job, miscolor, misreport, overdraw, phony up, spread it on, take out of context, throw a curve, trump up |
| Antonyms: | explain, be forthright, be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mutilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maim, damage |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, amputate, batter, butcher, cripple, crush, cut up, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, distort, expurgate, hack*, hurt, injure, lacerate, lame, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage, scratch, spoil, weaken, bowdlerize, cut to pieces, hash up |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parody |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imitate, spoof |
| Synonyms: | ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, deride, disparage, distort, exaggerate, impersonate, jeer, jest, joke, lampoon, laugh at, mime, mimic, mock, put on*, ridicule, roast, satirize, take off*, travesty, do a takeoff of, poke fun at, send up, sheik |
| Antonyms: | be truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pervert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist, turn away from what is acceptable or correct |
| Synonyms: | abuse, adulterate, alloy, brainwash, color, corrupt, cut*, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, desecrate, distort, divert, doctor, fake, falsify, fudge*, garble, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, mistreat, misuse, outrage, prostitute, ruin, salt*, seduce, spike, vitiate, warp, water*, animalize, doctor up, phony up |
| Antonyms: | straighten, leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prejudice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence another's beliefs without basis, information |
| Synonyms: | angle*, bend*, bias, blemish*, color*, damage, dispose, distort, harm, hinder, hurt, impair, incline, indoctrinate, injure, mar, poison*, predispose, prejudge, skew*, slant*, spoil, sway*, twist*, undermine, vitiate, warp*, jaundice, prepossess |
| Antonyms: | approve, regard, respect, tolerate, be fair, be just |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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