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1. (n.) contortion
the act or process of contorting.
2. contortion
the state of being contorted.
3. contortion
a contorted position.
4. contortion
something contorted.
Etymology: (1605–15; < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) contortion, deformation
the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
2. (noun) tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness
a tortuous and twisted shape or position
"they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
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1. (noun) contortion
a twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face
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Sense: to twist or turn violently
His face was contorted with pain.
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 Afrikaans: verwringing |
 Arabic: إلتِواء، حَرَكَة إلتِوائِ |
 Bulgarian: изкривяване |
 Brazilian: contorção |
 Czech: zkroucení, zkřivení |
 German: die Verdrehung |
 Danish: forvridning; forvrængning |
 Greek: σύσπαση |
 Spanish: contorsión |
 Estonian: väänutus |
 Farsi: از شکل افتادگی |
 Finnish: vääristymä |
 French: contorsion |
 Hebrew: עִווּת @@@עִיווּת$$$ |
 Hindi: शरीर की ऎंठन |
 Croatian: uvijanje |
 Hungarian: eltorzítás |
 Indonesian: pengerutan |
 Icelandic: aflögun |
 Italian: contorsione, contorciment |
 Japanese: ねじれ |
 Korean: 뒤틀림, 일그러짐 |
 Lithuanian: iškraipymas |
 Latvian: sagriešana; saliekšana; s |
 Malay: kekernyutan |
 Dutch: verwringing |
 Norwegian: forvridd form, forvridnin |
 Polish: wykrzywienie |
 Persian: از شکل افتادگی |
 Pashto: له |
 Portuguese: contorção |
 Romanian: contorsionare |
 Russian: искажение |
 Slovak: skrivenie |
 Slovenian: skrivljenost, spačenost |
 Serbian: iščašenost |
 Swedish: förvridning |
 Thai: การบิดเบี้ยว |
 Turkish: bükme, buruşturma |
 Taiwanese: 扭曲 |
 Ukrainian: викривлення; перекручення |
 Urdu: اينٹھن، تشنج |
 Vietnamese: sự làm méo |
 Chinese: 扭弯 |
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