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 …

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

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

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 …

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

As he struggles to catch his breath, his face contorted in a grimace, he raises an outstretched palm to surrender.

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

Twisted, bent, or partially rolled upon itself; convolute. Simple past tense and past participle of contort. Hot pain slid through him as his body contorted into the new form.

con•tort /kənˈtɔrt/ v. to (cause to) become twisted, bent, or strained: [no object] His face contorted with rage. [~ + object] Anger contorted his face. See -tort-.

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