| stretch | I think he must be ~ing the truth a little if he said that, saya rasa dia memutarbelitkan sedikit cerita sebenar jika dia berkata begitu; to call such delinquents hardened criminals would be to ~ the meaning of the word, dgn mengatakan budak-budak delinkuen itu penjenayah yg kejam, kita sebenarnya telah memutarbelitkan makna perkataan itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stretch | c. exaggerate, memutarbelitkan: | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pervert | vt 1. distort, memutarbalikkan, memutarbelitkan: he was accused of trying to ~ the course of justice, dia dituduh mencuba memutarbalikkan proses keadilan; 2. have a bad influence on (so., st) memesongkan, merosakkan: to ~ the mind of a child, memesongkan fikiran kanak-kanak; pornography in films ~s the morals of the youth, kelucahan dlm filem merosakkan moral anak-anak muda; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| twist | 7. distort the meaning of, memutarkan, memutarbalikkan, memutarbelitkan: the journalist was accused of ~ing the chairman’s words, wartawan itu dituduh memutarbalikkan kata-kata pengerusi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| distortion | n 1. act of causing to appear unnatural, mengherot-benyotkan; 2. act of misrepresenting, memutarbalikkan, memutarbelitkan: his ~ of the truth resulted in the scandal, dia memutarbalikkan kebenaran dan ini mengakibatkan berlakunya skandal itu; 3. state, instance of appearing unnatural, herot-benyot; (of sound) gangguan; 4. state, instance of being misrepresented, putar belit. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| perversion | n 1. distortion, pemutarbalikan, peputarbelitan: this propaganda was a ~ of the truth, propaganda ini ialah pemutarbalikan kebenaran; 2. travesty, memutarbalikan, memutarbelitkan: the trial was a ~ of justice, perbicaraan itu telah memutarbalikkan keadilan; 3. unnatural sexual behaviour, feeling, sumbaleweng: strange sexual ~s, sumbaleweng seks yg pelik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| book | keep the ~s, menyimpan kira-kira; not in the ~, tdk dibenarkan; not suit o’s ~, tdk sesuai dgn + approp n sso: they were said to have distorted whatever facts did not suit their ~, mereka dikatakan telah memutarbelitkan segala kenyataan yg tdk sesuai dgn matlamat mereka; on the ~s, dlm daftar nama ahli; read so. like a ~, membaca fikiran dan hati sso; the (good) ~, kitab Bible; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| distort | vt 1. cause to appear unnatural, (act.) mengherotbenyotkan; (sound) mengganggu; (pass.) herot-benyot; (sound) terganggu: her face was ~ed by pain, mukanya herot-benyot krn sakit; 2. misrepresent, memutarbalikkan, memutarbelitkan: he ~ed the facts to suit his own interests, dia memutarbalikkan fakta itu utk kepentingannya sendiri; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |