Contort

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  • intransitive verb. To twist, wrench, or bend out of proper or natural shape: synonym: distort.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to deviate from what is normal, proper, or accurate.
  • intransitive verb. To become contorted.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To twist, draw, bend, or wrench out of shape; make crooked or deformed.
  • Twisted; contorted.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury.
  • verb. To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. twist and press out of shape
    • Word Usage
    "I might have passed out for a moment; Noah’s face went fuzzy as I watched his expression contort in the pleasant agony of sex."
    cross-reference
    distort  
    Form
    contortion  contortive  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    distort  twine  twist  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    morph  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Court  Dort  Mort  Porte  Stuart  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ashen  bloated  bony  clench  crazed  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bend  bend  buckle  corkscrew  crinkle  
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