distort in WordNet English dictionary

1. affect as in thought or feeling
   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
   tinge  color  colour  distort 
   
2. twist and press out of shape
   contort  deform  distort  wring 
   
3. alter the shape of (something) by stress
   "His body was deformed by leprosy"
   deform  distort  strain 
   
4. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
   falsify  distort  garble  warp 
   
5. form into a spiral shape
   "The cord is all twisted"
   twist  twine  distort