If you distort a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way. The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad + distorted dis·tort·ed These figures give a distorted view of the significance for the local economy
If something you can see or hear is distorted or distorts, its appearance or sound is changed so that it seems unclear. A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms This caused the sound to distort. + distorted dis·tort·ed Sound was becoming more and more distorted through the use of hearing aids