vääristellä — meaning in English
Finnish → English · translate English → Finnish instead
English meaning
- distort verb To twist something out of its normal shape.
- garble verb To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
- 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 pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
- verb To make false by mutilation or addition.
- verb To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
- verb To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt.