distort

verb

1. 1

   alter the shape of (something) by stress

   His body was deformed by leprosy

2. 2

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

3. 3

   affect as in thought or feeling

   My personal feelings color my judgment in this case

   The sadness tinged his life

4. 4

   form into a spiral shape

   The cord is all twisted

5. 5

   twist and press out of shape