CONTORT

contort, deform, distort, wring

(verb) twist and press out of shape

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

contort (third-person singular simple present contorts, present participle contorting, simple past and past participle contorted)

(transitive) To twist in a violent manner.

(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.

Synonyms

• deform

• detort

• twist

Anagrams

• Norcott

Source: Wiktionary

Con*tort", v. t. Etym: [L. contortus, p.p. of contorquere to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See Torture.]

Definition: To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest. The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. Ray. Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed. Sir W. Hamilton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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