distort

verbs

make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

distort, falsify, garble, warp

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form into a spiral shape

"The cord is all twisted"

distort, twine, twist

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twist and press out of shape

contort, deform, distort, wring

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affect as in thought or feeling

"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

color, colour, distort, tinge

alter the shape of (something) by stress

"His body was deformed by leprosy"

deform, distort, strain