distort (v.)
- adulterate
- alloy
- alter
- belie
- bend
- bias
- blemish
- blur
- buckle
- burlesque
- camouflage
- canker
- caricature
- change
- cheapen
- check
- cicatrize
- coarsen
- color
- confound
- confuse
- contaminate
- contort
- corrupt
- crack
- craze
- crook
- crumple
- curve
- debase
- debauch
- deface
- defile
- deflect
- deflower
- deform
- degenerate
- degrade
- denature
- deprave
- desecrate
- despoil
- devalue
- deviate
- diffract
- diffuse
- disfigure
- disguise
- disorder
- disperse
- diverge
- divert
- embellish
- embroider
- exaggerate
- fabricate
- falsify
- flaw
- fudge
- garble
- gild
- gloss
- gnarl
- infect
- influence
- jaundice
- jumble
- kink
- knot
- mar
- mask
- misapply
- misapprehend
- misconceive
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misquote
- misread
- misrepresent
- misstate
- mistake
- mistranslate
- misunderstand
- misuse
- muddle
- obfuscate
- obscure
- overdraw
- overstate
- parody
- pervert
- poison
- pollute
- prejudice
- prepossess
- prostitute
- pull
- rationalize
- ravage
- ravish
- refract
- scab
- scar
- scarify
- scatter
- screw
- skew
- slant
- split
- spring
- squeeze
- strain
- sway
- taint
- titivate
- torture
- travesty
- turn
- twist
- ulcerate
- understate
- varnish
- violate
- vitiate
- vulgarize
- warp
- whitewash
- wind
- wrench
- wrest
- wring
- writhe
- zigzag