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 Definitions of contort  [ənˈtɔrt]  

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Definition of 'contort' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) contort
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.

2. (v.i.) contort
to become twisted, distorted, or strained.

Etymology:  (1555–65; < L contortus twisted together, ptp. of contorquēre. See con -, tort)

Definition of 'contort' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) contort, deform, distort, wring
twist and press out of shape
Definition of 'contort' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) contort
to twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest
Translation of 'contort' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to twist or turn violently
His face was contorted with pain.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verwring Arabic flag Arabic: يَلْتَوي، يَتَلَوّى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изкривявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: contorcer-se Czech flag Czech: zkroutit, zkřivit German flag German: verzerren, verdrehen
Danish flag Danish: forvride; fortrække Greek flag Greek: συστρέφω, γυρίζω απότομα Spanish flag Spanish: contraer(se); contorsiona
Estonian flag Estonian: väänama Farsi flag Farsi: کج و کوله شدن؛ از شکل افت Finnish flag Finnish: vääristyä
French flag French: crisper Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְעַווֵת, לְעָקֵם Hindi flag Hindi: ऎंठना
Croatian flag Croatian: svijati Hungarian flag Hungarian: eltorzít Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengerut
Icelandic flag Icelandic: afskræma Italian flag Italian: contorcere, distorcere Japanese flag Japanese: ゆがめる
Korean flag Korean: 일그러지다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: iškraipyti, perkreipti Latvian flag Latvian: sagriezt; saliekt; savieb
Malay flag Malay: berkernyut Dutch flag Dutch: verwringen Norwegian flag Norwegian: forvrenge, fordreie, forv
Polish flag Polish: wykrzywiać Persian flag Persian: کج و کوله شدن؛ از شکل افت Pashto flag Pashto: سره پيجل: حقايق په بله بڼ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: contorcer-se Romanian flag Romanian: a schi­mo­nosi Russian flag Russian: искажать
Slovak flag Slovak: skriviť Slovenian flag Slovenian: skriviti, spačiti Serbian flag Serbian: iskriviti
Swedish flag Swedish: förvrida Thai flag Thai: ทำให้บิดเบี้ยว Turkish flag Turkish: bükmek, buruşturmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使扭曲 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: скривляти, перекручувати Urdu flag Urdu: مروڑنا، اين‍ٹ‍ھنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm méo mó Chinese flag Chinese: 扭弯

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