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
To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body
To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally
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