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Contort

//kənˈtɔː(ɹ)t// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To twist in a violent manner. transitive

    "features contorted with fury"

  2. 2
    twist and press out of shape wordnet
  3. 3
    To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression. intransitive

Etymology

Equivalent to con- + -tort; from Middle English, borrowed from Latin contortus, past participle of contorqueō, from com- + torqueō (“twist, turn”).

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