Definition for Distortion:

• ( F.) Distorsion. Usually applied to the preternatural curvature of a bone; as distortion of the spine, limbs, &c. It signifies, also, a morbid state of the muscles of the eye, constituting squinting or strabismus.

Synonyms for Distortion:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • distortion.
  •adulteration (noun)
  • corruption.
  •blemish (noun)
  • kink,
  • hurt,
  • fleck,
  • disfigurement,
  • blot,
  • mar,
  • mark,
  • freckle,
  • lesion,
  • dot,
  • fracture,
  • wart,
  • blemish,
  • abrasion,
  • spoilage,
  • chip,
  • deformity,
  • blotch,
  • damage,
  • tarnish,
  • weal,
  • sore,
  • imperfection,
  • blister,
  • scab,
  • score,
  • hack,
  • scratch,
  • speck,
  • impurity,
  • check,
  • splotch,
  • gash,
  • stigma,
  • discoloration,
  • brand,
  • stain,
  • spot,
  • defacement,
  • nick,
  • drawback,
  • pockmark,
  • scrape,
  • rift,
  • scar,
  • notch,
  • slit,
  • scuff.
  •caricature (noun)
  • send ups,
  • send-ups,
  • puton,
  • sendups.
  •change (noun)
  • transmogrification,
  • transfiguration,
  • transformations,
  • variation,
  • vicissitude,
  • turnover,
  • mutation,
  • turnovers,
  • transition,
  • novelties,
  • transubstantiation,
  • novelty.
  •changes (noun)
  • evolution,
  • adjustment,
  • effect,
  • trend,
  • transformation,
  • alteration,
  • reform,
  • correction,
  • shake up.
  •contortion (noun)
  • malformation.
  •corruption (noun)
  • de cays,
  • noxiousnesses,
  • de-cay,
  • rottennesses,
  • de-basements,
  • de-cays,
  • doctorings,
  • de cay,
  • de basements,
  • de-basement,
  • de basement.
  •deception (noun)
  • prevarication.
  •deformation (noun)
  • deformation.
  •deformity (noun)
  • bend,
  • perversity,
  • asymmetry,
  • freakishness,
  • contortion,
  • crookedness,
  • lopsidedness.
  •deformity; falsification (noun)
  • misuse,
  • misinterpretation,
  • torture,
  • Misshape,
  • twistedness,
  • line,
  • mutilation,
  • Intorsion,
  • jive,
  • slant,
  • bias,
  • coloring,
  • Malconformation,
  • misrepresentation,
  • jazz,
  • bs,
  • baloney,
  • warp,
  • smoke,
  • perversion,
  • twist,
  • buckle,
  • crock,
  • exaggeration,
  • story.
  •distorted shape (noun)
  • distorted shape.
  •distortion (noun)
  • twisting,
  • overrefinement,
  • optical aberration,
  • straining.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • deceptiveness,
  • equivocality,
  • cover up,
  • double meaning,
  • runaround,
  • fibbing,
  • tergiversation,
  • shufflings,
  • coverup,
  • dissimulation,
  • amphibology,
  • evasion,
  • quibbling routine.
  •error (noun)
  • miscalculation,
  • misprint,
  • fallacy,
  • oversight,
  • mistake,
  • blunder,
  • flaw,
  • misconception,
  • defect,
  • typo,
  • error,
  • misconstruction,
  • Misjudgment,
  • misestimation,
  • slip,
  • gaffe,
  • inaccuracy,
  • fault.
  •exaggeration (noun)
  • burlesque,
  • overvaluation,
  • aggrandizement,
  • overstatement,
  • embellishment,
  • hyperbole,
  • overestimation,
  • overdevelopment.
  •eyesore (noun)
  • dis graces,
  • blot landscape,
  • dis-grace,
  • ugly things,
  • dis-graces,
  • dis grace.
  •falsehood (noun)
  • fakery,
  • Untruism,
  • hogwash,
  • perjury,
  • untruth,
  • feigning,
  • figment,
  • half truths,
  • fibbery,
  • fallaciousness,
  • fable,
  • falseness,
  • half truth.
  •hyperbole (noun)
  • hyper bole,
  • over statements,
  • laying on thick,
  • laying thick,
  • mountain out molehill,
  • hyper-boles,
  • laying it thick,
  • over statement,
  • over-statement,
  • hyper boles,
  • embroiderings,
  • hyper-bole,
  • over-statements.
  •overestimation (noun)
  • hyperbola,
  • over-appraisal,
  • embroidery.
  •sag (noun)
  • sinkages,
  • fall offs,
  • falloffs,
  • downtrends,
  • fall-offs.
  •transfiguration (noun)
  • trans-figurations,
  • trans figurations,
  • trans figuration,
  • trans-figuration.
  •trick (noun)
  • dis guise,
  • de coy,
  • de-coys,
  • dis-guises,
  • dis-guise,
  • de coys,
  • dis guises,
  • de-coy,
  • doubledealing.
  •turn (noun)
  • de flections,
  • de-tour,
  • de flection,
  • de-flections,
  • de tour,
  • de tours,
  • de-flection,
  • de-tours.
  •understatement (noun)
  • under estimations,
  • over-simplifications,
  • under-statement,
  • under-estimation,
  • under-estimations,
  • under statements,
  • over simplification,
  • under-statements,
  • under estimation,
  • over simplifications,
  • under statement,
  • over-simplification.
  •unevenness (noun)
  • un-evenness,
  • un evennesses,
  • un evenness,
  • un-evennesses.
  •untruthfulness (noun)
  • un-truthfulnesses,
  • un truthfulnesses,
  • un truthfulness,
  • un-truthfulness.
  •vulgarism (noun)
  • vulgarism.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • op art,
  • lie.

Paraphrases for Distortion:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    deformation.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misrepresentation, falsification.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disturbance, misinterpretation, denaturation, Distortive, dislocation, deviation, diversion, adulteration, denaturing, misstatement, intrusion, imbalance, deterioration, interference, violation, discrepancy, dishonest, disorder, Counterfeiting, shearing, impairment, skew, tampering.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Distorting, disruption, perversion, mutilation, strain, alteration, deflection, deformity, twisting, twist.

Antonyms for Distortion:

• n.

  • deformity; falsification
    clarity, perfection, beauty.

Distortion Sentence Examples:

• The expectations which the exigencies of politics had made it necessary to raise were so very remote from the truth that a slight distortion of figures was no use, and it was necessary to ignore the facts entirely.

• This is due to the fact that if there exists any initial distortion from its true shape, the external pressure will tend to increase such distortion and collapse the cylinder, while an internal pressure tends to restore the cylinder to its original shape.

Homophones for Distortion:

• detached retina, dextrorotation, desideratum.

Hypernym for Distortion:

• n.

  • phenomenon
    amplitude distortion, nonlinear distortion.

Hyponym for Distortion:

• n.

  • act
    fault, mistake, error.
  • phenomenon
    acoustic phenomenon, electrical phenomenon.