verb [VN]
1 to change the shape, appearance or sound of sth so that it is strange or not clear:
a fairground mirror that distorts your shape * The loudspeaker seemed to distort his voice.
2 to twist or change facts, ideas, etc. so that they are no longer correct or true:
Newspapers are often guilty of distorting the truth. * The article gave a distorted picture of his childhood.
distortion [C,U]:
modern alloys that are resistant to wear and distortion * a distortion of the facts
