Synonyms and related words :
abuse of terms, agonizing, catachresis, contorting, corruption, distortion, eisegesis, error, false coloring, garbling, gloss, harrowing, malentendu, malobservation, misapplication, misapprehension, miscitation, misconception, misconstruction, misdirection, misexplanation, misexplication, misexposition, misintelligence, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misquotation, misreading, misrendering, misrepresentation, mistranslation, misunderstanding, misuse, misuse of words, perversion, racking, slanting, squeezing, straining, tearing, tormenting, torturous, twisting, wrenching