warp

Main Entry:
warp [wawrp]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bend, distort
Synonyms: bastardize, brutalize, color, contort, corrupt, crook, curve, debase, debauch, deform, deprave, deviate, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, swerve, torture, turn, twist, vitiate, wind
Notes: the warp are parallel strands; strands threaded over and under are weft or woof
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: belie
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deceive
Synonyms: color, conceal, disguise, distort, falsify, garble, give the lie to, gloss over, hide, miscolor, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, trump up, twist, warp
Antonyms: be honest
Main Entry: bend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: form or cause a curve
Synonyms: angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: bias
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause to favor
Synonyms: distort, incline, influence, make partial, prejudice, prepossess, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight
Notes: a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts
Antonyms: be fair, be impartial, be just
Main Entry: change
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make or become different
Synonyms: accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, make innovations, make over, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, recondition, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remake, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, restyle, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, tamper with, temper, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp
Antonyms: continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay
Main Entry: color
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: distort, exaggerate
Synonyms: angle*, belie, cook up, disguise, doctor*, embroider, fake, falsify, fudge, garble, gloss over, magnify, misrepresent, misstate, overstate, pad, pervert, prejudice, slant*, taint, twist*, warp
Notes: color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color
Antonyms: be truthful, represent
Main Entry: contort
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disfigure, distort
Synonyms: bend, convolute, curve, deform, gnarl, knot, misshape, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe
Antonyms: beautify, smooth
Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pervert; pollute
Synonyms: abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, grease palm, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste
Antonyms: better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify
Main Entry: debauch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deprave, corrupt
Synonyms: abuse, bastardize, bestialize, betray, brutalize, debase, defile, deflower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, go bad, go to hell, intrigue, inveigle, lead astray, live in the gutter, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp
Antonyms: clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade
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