distort
verb. deform; falsify
- alter
- angle
- belie
- bend
- bias
- buckle
- change
- collapse
- color
- con
- contort
- crush
- curve
- deceive
- decline
- deteriorate
- deviate
- disfigure
- doctor
- fake
- fudge
- garble
- gnarl
- knot
- lie
- make out like
- mangle
- melt
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misrepresent
- misshape
- pervert
- phony up
- put one on
- sag
- scam
- slant
- slump
- snow
- torture
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- whitewash
- wind
- wrench
- writhe
distorting
verb. deform; falsify
- alter
- angle
- belie
- bend
- bias
- buckle
- change
- collapse
- color
- con
- contort
- crush
- curve
- deceive
- decline
- deteriorate
- deviate
- disfigure
- doctor
- fake
- fudge
- garble
- gnarl
- knot
- lie
- make out like
- mangle
- melt
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misrepresent
- misshape
- pervert
- phony up
- put one on
- sag
- scam
- slant
- slump
- snow
- torture
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- whitewash
- wind
- wrench
- writhe
distortion
noun. deformity; falsification
distortions
noun. deformity; falsification
embroider
verb. exaggerate information
- aggrandize
- amplify
- blow-up
- build up
- color
- distend
- dramatize
- elaborate
- embellish
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- falsify
- fudge
- heighten
- hyperbolize
- lie
- magnify
- make federal case
- make mountain out of molehill
- overdo
- overelaborate
- overembellish
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- overstate
- pad
- play up
- puff
- romanticize
- spread on thick
- stretch
- stretch the truth
- yeast
embroidered
verb. exaggerate information
- aggrandize
- amplify
- blow-up
- build up
- color
- distend
- dramatize
- elaborate
- embellish
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- falsify
- fudge
- heighten
- hyperbolize
- lie
- magnify
- make federal case
- make mountain out of molehill
- overdo
- overelaborate
- overembellish
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- overstate
- pad
- play up
- puff
- romanticize
- spread on thick
- stretch
- stretch the truth
- yeast
equivocate
verb. avoid an issue
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cavil
- cloud the issue
- con
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- dodge
- double-talk
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- fudge
- give run around
- hedge
- hem and haw
- jive
- lie
- mince words
- palter
- parry
- pass the buck
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- run around
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- stonewall
- tell white lie
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- waffle
- weasel
equivocation
noun. avoidance of an issue
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- casuistry
- coloring
- con
- cop out
- cover
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- dissimulation
- distortion
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- doubtfulness
- duplicity
- equivocality
- evasion
- fallacy
- fib
- fibbing
- hedging
- lie
- line
- lying
- misrepresentation
- prevarication
- quibbling routine
- run-around
- shuffling
- song
- song and dance
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stall
- stonewall
- tergiversation
- waffle
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