Streets are often twisted and narrow in the suburbs.
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Twisted
//ˈtwɪstɪd//
Synonyms for "twisted" (319 found)
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Strong matches (96)
curveddaedaldefaceddefectivedeformeddepraveddeviantdeviativedeviousdifferentdisfigureddistorteddistresseddivergentdoctoreddoctrinairedogmaticdottydressed updummy
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Adjective(14 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(40 words)
madmaggotymake believemake-believeman mademan-mademany-facetedmarredmartyredmartyrizedmattedmazymeanderingmessed upmisquotedmisshapenmistakenmixed upmockmucked up
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Adjective(2 words)
Verb(7 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
11 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στρεβλός verb (contorted)
Catalan
1 entries- tort verb (contorted)
Czech
1 entries- kroucený verb (wound spirally)
Dutch
1 entries- verwrongen verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
Estonian
1 entries- keerdunud verb (wound spirally)
Finnish
4 entries- kiero verb (wound spirally)
- kiero verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
- kieroutunut verb (wound spirally)
- kieroutunut verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
French
3 entries- tordu verb (contorted)
- tordu verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
- vrillé verb (wound spirally)
Galician
2 entries- retorto verb (contorted)
- torto verb (contorted)
German
2 entries- gestört verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
- verrückt verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
Hindi
1 entries- टेढ़ा verb (contorted)
Ingrian
1 entries- keero verb (wound spirally)
Irish
2 entries- casta verb (contorted)
- casta verb (wound spirally)
Italian
2 entries- contorto verb (contorted)
- perverso verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
Latin
2 entries- tortilis verb (wound spirally)
- tortus verb (contorted)
Portuguese
1 entries- confusa verb (contorted)
Russian
4 entries- вито́й verb (wound spirally)
- изви́листый verb (wound spirally)
- извращённый verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
- искаженный verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- toinnte verb (contorted)
- toinnte verb (wound spirally)
Spanish
2 entries- retorcido verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
- torcido verb (contorted)
Swedish
4 entries- förvriden verb (contorted)
- skruvad verb (wound spirally)
- skruvad verb (mentally disturbed or unsound)
- snodd verb (wound spirally)
Tagalog
2 entries- balikuko verb (contorted)
- baluktot verb (contorted)
Tày
2 entries- bểu verb (contorted)
- bỉu verb (contorted)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I slipped and twisted my ankle.
Source: tatoeba (254022)
His face was twisted with pain.
Source: tatoeba (285825)
He twisted my arm.
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