DISTORTIONS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISTORTIONS?

Need another word that means the same as “distortions”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “distortions” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Distortions” are: deformation, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting, aberration

Distortions as a Noun

Definitions of "Distortions" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “distortions” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal.
• An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image.
• A change for the worse.
• The mistake of misrepresenting the facts.
• The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.
• A shape resulting from distortion.

Synonyms of "Distortions" as a noun (6 Words)

aberration	A disorder in one’s mental state. Colour aberrations.
deformation	An altered form of a word, especially one used to avoid overt profanity (e.g. dang for damn). The deformation will be temporary.
overrefinement	The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.
straining	An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
torture	Great physical or mental suffering or anxiety. The torture of political prisoners.
twisting	A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair. It broke off after much twisting.

Usage Examples of "Distortions" as a noun

• Heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion.

Associations of "Distortions" (30 Words)

aberration	The failure of rays to converge at one focus because of a defect in a lens or mirror. They described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration.
agony	Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain. His last agony.
anguish	Cause emotional anguish or make miserable. I spent the next two weeks anguishing about whether I d made the right decision.
annoyed	Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances. Kelly was annoyed with him.
bent	An area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges. A man of a religious bent.
crimp	A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together. Crimp hair.
cruelly	Excessively. Their hopes were cruelly dashed.
curve	Form a curl curve or kink. Her mouth curved in a smile.
deviance	A state or condition markedly different from the norm. Social deviance.
distort	Change the form of (an electrical signal or sound wave) during transmission, amplification, or other processing. You re distorting the sound by overdriving the amp.
dun	Make a dun color. When the dun evening comes.
garble	A garbled account or transmission. Upon winning a race a driver spews out a litany of commercial garble.
grimace	Make a grimace. I sipped the coffee and grimaced.
harassment	Aggressive pressure or intimidation. So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors.
inquisitor	An officer of the Inquisition. The professional inquisitors of the press.
jitter	Of a signal or device suffer from jitter. Picture jitter.
mistreat	Treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly. A dog which has been mistreated will remain very wary of strangers.
persecute	Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or their political beliefs. Hilda was persecuted by some of the other girls.
rag	Give a decorative effect to a painted surface by applying paint typically of a different colour with a rag. He wiped his hands on an oily rag.
relentlessly	In an unceasingly intense or harsh way. He worked relentlessly.
sadistic	Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others. She took a sadistic pleasure in tormenting him.
sadness	The state of being sad. It is one of life s sadnesses.
skew	Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line askew crooked. His hat looked slightly skew.
suffering	Psychological suffering. His disregard for the sufferings of his fellow countrymen.
torment	A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors.
torture	Subject to torture. He was tortured by grief.
tweak	Pull or pull out sharply. He tweaked the boy s ear.
twist	Social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music was popular in the 1960s. The cord is all twisted.
winding	The act of winding or twisting. Our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase.
wry	(of a person’s face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance. With a wry Scottish wit.