Contort
/kənˈtɔː(ɹ)t/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To twist in a violent manner. transitive
"features contorted with fury"
- 2 twist and press out of shape wordnet
- 3 To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression. intransitive
Example
More examples"You won't believe how he can contort the meaning of 'truth'."
Etymology
Equivalent to con- + -tort; from Middle English, borrowed from Latin contortus, past participle of contorqueō, from com- + torqueō (“twist, turn”).