When trying to say something uncomfortable or dishonest, people often go through verbal contortions. But when someone else "twists" something you said or did, we usually say instead …

Use the adjective contorted to describe something that's twisted or misshapen. If your face is contorted with frustration as you build a model sailboat, you’re furrowing your brows and …

CONTORTED definition: twisted in a violent manner; distorted. See examples of contorted used in a sentence.

/ kənˈtɔː.tɪd / Add to word list twisted or bent into an unnatural shape or form: contorted limbs / branches

One had visible sores and the other had a facial tick that regularly contorted her little face.

The boy contorted his body to squeeze through the gate. Her face was contorted with/in rage/anger.

Definition of contort verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Define contorted. contorted synonyms, contorted pronunciation, contorted translation, English dictionary definition of contorted. adj. 1. Twisted or strained out of shape.

to become twisted, distorted, or strained. His face contorted into a grotesque sneer.

/ kənˈtɔːr.t̬ɪd / Add to word list twisted or bent into an unnatural shape or form: contorted limbs / branches