Synonyms for distortion
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Twisting
2. Misrepresentation
misrepresentation, perversion, falsification, sophistry, garbling, depravation
Other
deformation, aberration, deformity, contortion, gloss, disfigurement, twist, detortion dated
Definitions
- n. 1
An act of distorting.
- n. 2
A result of distorting.
Related words
- Word family
- distort
- Phrases
- barrel distortion pincushion distortion
Forms
- Plural
- distortions → twistings, tortures, strainings, overrefinements…
Example sentences
- torture His lecture on chemistry was nothing but torture.
- twisting Ziri started twisting and shaking the doorknob.
- perversion Your red cheeks give away your perversion.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| distortion | falling | |
| torture | rising | |
| twisting | rising | |
| overrefinement | falling | |
| misrepresentation | steady | |
| perversion | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- twist1, gloss1
- 7 letters
- torture2
- 8 letters
- twisting2, garbling2
- 9 letters
- straining2, deformity4, sophistry3, detortion
- 10 letters
- aberration4, perversion3, contortion3
- 11 letters
- deformation4, depravation4
- 13 letters
- falsification5, disfigurement4
- 14 letters
- overrefinement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (torture2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- distorsion
- Italiano
- distorsione
- Deutsch
- Verzeichnung