(distorts, distorting, distorted)
1.
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...
VERB: V n
• distorted
These figures give a distorted view of the significance for the local economy.
ADJ
2.
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.
VERB: V n, V
• distorted
Sound was becoming more and more distorted through the use of hearing aids.
ADJ