vääristellä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- distort verb To twist something out of its normal shape.
- garble verb To choose only parts of a text so as to twist its original meaning.
- pervert noun A person whose sexual behavior or interests are considered abnormal or unacceptable.
- twist verb To turn or bend something, often forcefully, so it becomes distorted or wound.
Senses
vääristellä is used for these senses in English:
- cook the books (idiomatic, by extension) To falsify an account of an event.
- distort (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
- garble To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
- pervert to misinterpret designedly.
- twist To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
distort — full definition
- verb To twist something out of its normal shape.
- verb To give a false or misleading version of the truth.
garble — full definition
- verb To choose only parts of a text so as to twist its original meaning.
- verb To alter a message so that it becomes untrue.
- verb To jumble a message so badly that it cannot be understood.
- verb To sift something so as to separate the good parts from waste or dirt.
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