Twisting
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Torsion.
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a. & n. from
twist
.
See under
Pair
, n., 7.
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verb.
Present participle of
twist
.
noun.
gerund of
twist
adjective.
Having many
twists
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adjective.
marked by repeated turns and bends
noun.
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
noun.
the act of rotating rapidly
Word Usage
"Bear interrupts loudly, his expression twisting into one of irritation, then flat-out rage."
Equivalent
crooked
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
falsification
misrepresentation
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
assisting
coexisting
consisting
delisting
enlisting
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
aberrant
aberrative
abstractionism
abuse of terms
ambages
variant
twist
verb-stem
twist