You won't believe how he can contort the meaning of 'truth'.
Source: tatoeba (8788371)
Contort
//kənˈtɔː(ɹ)t//
Synonyms for "contort" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (39)
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6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- изкривявам verb (to twist in a violent manner)
- изкривявам verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
Catalan
3 entries- contorsionar-se verb (to twist in a violent manner)
- contorsionar-se verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
- torçar verb (to twist in a violent manner)
Czech
3 entries- zkroutit verb (to twist in a violent manner)
- zkroutit se verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
- zkřivit se verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
Dutch
2 entries- verwringen verb (to twist in a violent manner)
- verwrongen of ontzet raken verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
French
1 entries- se contorsionner verb (to twist in a violent manner)
German
1 entries- verzerren verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
Māori
3 entries- whakakōiro verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
- whakapī verb (to twist in a violent manner)
- whakapī verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forvri verb (to twist in a violent manner)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوكمك verb (to twist in a violent manner)
Polish
4 entries- wykrzywiać się verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
- wykrzywić się verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
- wykręcać verb (to twist in a violent manner)
- wykręcić verb (to twist in a violent manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- contorcer verb (to twist in a violent manner)
- contorcer-se verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
Russian
4 entries- деформировать verb (to twist in a violent manner)
- изгиба́ть verb (to twist in a violent manner)
- искажа́ть verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
- искривля́ть verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
Spanish
1 entries- contorsionar verb (to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression)
Swedish
1 entries- förvrida verb (to twist in a violent manner)
Walloon
1 entries- si ctråyner verb (to twist in a violent manner)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
About 10 meters away, pergolas with thick woody vines that climb and contort provide shade for patients and impromptu places to hang intravenous drip bags.
Source: tatoeba (11592992)
features contorted with fury
Source: wiktionary
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