contorted

Speech parts

1. contorted - Adjective

2. contorted - Verb

3. contorted - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Twisted, or twisted together.

Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants.

Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute aestivation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

writhen writhed crooked askew scoliosis irregular curved bent abnormal uneven twisted deformed crippled asymmetrical bowed
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Antonyms

direct fixed improved modified linear arranged
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Phrases with the word

contorted hunch contorted face

Examples

At first I was glad for the help. My freshmen English class, "Mythology and Archetypal Experience," confounded me. I didn't understand why we couldn't just read books without forcing contorted interpretations on then. Alison Bechdel

The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the springtimes, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming and going of the circumstances of our lives like the glassy surface of a pond that shows our faces radiant with joy or contorted with pain. Gary Zukav

I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face contorted with sadness and rage in the mirror. Jane Birkin

his mad contorted smile Source: Internet

writhed lips Source: Internet

my writhen features Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

contorsion contorsional contort contorted face contorted hunch contortedly