◄ Distortion ►

Dictionary
1. (n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

2. (n.) A wresting from the true meaning.

3. (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

4. (n.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

Thesaurus
aberrancy aberration abstractionism abuse of terms anamorphosis apparent soundness bad likeness birdies birthmark blackhead bleb blemish blister blooping blurping botch bulla burlesque caricature casuistry catachresis check cicatrix circularity coloring comedo confabulation contorting crack crater craze daub defacement defect defectiveness deflection deflexure deformation deformity delusion deviancy diffraction diffusion disfiguration disfigurement disingenuousness dispersion eisegesis equivocalness equivocation errancy erroneousness error evasive reasoning exaggeration expressionism fallaciousness fallacy false coloring false swearing falseness falsification falsifying falsity fault faultiness feedback flaw flawedness flection flexure flutter fluttering freckle garbling gloss hamartia hemangioma heresy heterodoxy hickey hissing howling hum hyperbole illusion inaccuracy injustice insincerity jesuitism jesuitry keloid kink lentigo litotes malconformation malentendu malformation malobservation milium misapplication misapprehension miscitation miscoloring misconception misconstruction misdoing misdrawing misexplanation misexplication misexposition misfeasance misintelligence misinterpretation misjudgment mispainting misquotation misreading misrendering misreport misrepresentation misshape misstatement misteaching mistranslation misunderstanding misuse of words mole motorboating mystification needle scar nevus nonrealism obfuscation obscurantism overdrawing overstatement oversubtlety parody peccancy perjury perversion philosophism pimple pit plausibility plausibleness pock pockmark port-wine mark port-wine stain prevarication pustule rationalization refraction rift rumble scab scar scatter scratch scratching scribble sebaceous cyst self-contradiction shredding sin sinfulness skewness slanting sophism sophistical reasoning sophistication sophistry special pleading speciosity specious reasoning speciousness split squeals squeezing static straining strawberry mark sty subtlety torsion torturing track travesty twist twisting understatement unorthodoxy untrueness untruth untruthfulness verruca vesicle vicious circle vicious reasoning wale warp wart weal welt wen whistles whitehead woomping wow wowwows wrenching wrong wrongness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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