"distorts" in the verb sense

1. falsify, distort, garble, warp

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

2. twist, twine, distort

form into a spiral shape

"The cord is all twisted"

3. contort, deform, distort, wring

twist and press out of shape

4. tinge, color, colour, distort

affect as in thought or feeling

"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"

"The sadness tinged his life"

5. deform, distort, strain

alter the shape of (something) by stress

"His body was deformed by leprosy"

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