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contorted
 
Adjective contorted has 2 senses
  1. contorted, writhed, writhen - twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
    Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
  2. contorted, distorted, twisted - strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders"
    Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
Verb contort has 1 sense
  1. contort, deform, distort, wring - twist and press out of shape
    --1 is one way to twist, twine, distort
    Derived forms: noun contortion2, noun contortion1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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