give+a+false+coloring+to
11misstate — v misquote, quote out of context, miscite, misreport, misrelate; misrepresent, belie, falsify, put in a false light; garble, distort, pervert, twist, warp, slant, color, miscolor, give a false coloring to …
12load — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. burden; cargo, lading, shipment; charge. See gravity, transportation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A physical burden] Syn. weight, encumbrance, carload, wagonload, hindrance, shipload, parcel, pressure,… …
13pervert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. apostasize, distort, twist, garble, debase, misrepresent, corrupt, mislead, misinterpret, misstate; equivocate. See distortion, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ruin, vitiate, debase, divert; see …
14twist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wind, wreathe, twine, interlace; coil; wrench, contort; wring, screw; pervert; misinterpret, misapply; distort, warp. See convolution, deviation, distortion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. wring, wrap, twine …
15warp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. twist, bend, serve, distort; bias, prejudice; pervert, deviate; incline. See distortion. n. bias; deflection, tendency; torsion, twist, malformation. See deviation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Lengthwise… …
16wrench — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. twist, wring; yank, pull; extort, wrest, snatch; sprain, strain, dislocate; distort. n. monkey wrench, spanner; twist, yank, etc. See extraction, disjunction, retention. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …
17wrest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. turn, pull, twist; tear away, snatch, grab. See distortion, acquisition, extraction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. twist away from, take, jerk, pull, wrestle, extract, wring, grab. III (Roget s… …
18distort — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To change by pressure] Syn. warp, crush, twist; see bend 1 . 2. [To alter the meaning] Syn. pervert, misrepresent, misconstrue, twist; see deceive , lie 1 . 3. [To change shape] Syn. contort, sag, twist, slump, knot, get out …
19misrepresent — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. misstate, embroider, distort, falsify, understate; see also deceive , lie 1 , mislead . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly: belie, color, distort, falsify,… …
20misstate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deceive, misrepresent, misquote; see exaggerate . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly: belie, color, distort, falsify, load, misrepresent, pervert, twist,… …
