DISTORTS vs WRING: NOUN
- N/A
- Action expressive of anguish; writhing.
- A wringer or presser; a wine-press or cider-press.
- The act or an instance of wringing.
- A twisting squeeze
- A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
DISTORTS vs WRING: VERB
- Affect as in thought or feeling
- Twist and press out of shape
- Form into a spiral shape
- Alter the shape of (something) by stress
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distort.
- Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
- Twist and press out of shape
- Obtain by coercion or intimidation
- To squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out.
- To obtain by force.
- To hold tightly and press or twist.
DISTORTS vs WRING: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
DISTORTS vs WRING: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To obtain or extract by applying force or pressure.
- To cause distress to; affect with painful emotion.
- To clasp firmly and shake (another's hand), as in congratulation.
- To clasp and twist or squeeze (one's hands), as in distress.
- To wrench or twist forcibly or painfully.
- To twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid. Often used with out.
- To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch.
- Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
- To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
- To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.
- To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
- To bend or strain out of its position.
- To extract (liquid) by twisting or compressing. Often used with out.
DISTORTS vs WRING: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- To twist in the hands, as something flexible; twist or flex forcibly: as, to wring clothes after washing, to force out the water; to wring a friend's hand in cordial greeting: often with out.
- To twist out of place, shape, or relation; bend or strain tortuously or twistingly: as, to wring a mast; to wring the neck of a chicken.
- To turn or divert the course or purport of; distort; pervert.
- To affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action or effect; torture; rack; distress; pain.
- To force out, as a fluid, by twisting or contorting pressure; extract or obtain by or as if by a squeezing flexure; hence, to squeeze out in any way; extort: as, to wring water from clothes; to wring a reluctant consent from a person: often with out.
- To free from a liquid by twisting or compression: as, to wring out clothes.
- To writhe; twist about, as with anguish; squirm; suffer torture.
- To pinch; pain.
- To force one's way by pressure.
DISTORTS vs WRING: RELATED WORDS
- Erodes, Skews, Alters, Undermines, Misrepresents, Strain, Color, Twist, Wring, Warp, Garble, Deform, Disfigure, Contort, Falsify
- Wriggle, Wipe, Wrest, Wilder, Twist, Bend, Turn, Deform, Wrench, Rack, Extort, Distort, Gouge, Contort, Squeeze
DISTORTS vs WRING: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Ignores, Upsets, Bothers, Annoys, Skews, Misrepresents, Strain, Color, Twist, Warp, Garble, Deform, Disfigure, Contort, Falsify
- Squirm, Wipe, Wrest, Wilder, Twist, Bend, Turn, Deform, Wrench, Rack, Extort, Distort, Gouge, Contort, Squeeze
DISTORTS vs WRING: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- It distorts what scientists mean by confirmatory evidence.
- Deliberately selecting a camera angle that distorts information.
- Electoral College distorts the count of popular votes.
- It distorts perception, impairs insight, and clouds judgment.
- Such limited exposure to the mainland distorts comparisons.
- That distorts your tax liability to the government.
- Nothing distorts itself and seeks disguise more quickly.
- Smiling distorts the true identity of your face.
- Five Ways Your Bible Translation Distorts the Original.
- But nostalgia seriously distorts our perception of history.
- Do not wring or stretch them out of shape.
- Pull, twist, wrest, force, strain, sprain; pervert, distort, wring.
- What seems to be wring with little Mickey today?
- Run under clear water for a while, wring out.
- Microfiber Replacement Mop Head, Easy Wring Cleaning Stan.
- Did they wring a confession out of you.
- Wring the cloth and wipe your laminate surface.
- We can wring them in despair and bitterness.
- Dip the mop head into the water, wring it out, then dip it into the wax and wring it out again.
- Paul does not wring his hands over the situation in Corinth, even though he might like to wring their necks.
DISTORTS vs WRING: QUESTIONS
- What is the answer to this crossword clue distorts as statistics?
- What type of map preserves shape and distorts area?
- Is there a way to use Khmer hand wring input on PC?