I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.
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Twisting
/ˈtwɪstɪŋ/
Synonyms for "twisting" (226 found)
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Strong matches (67)
digressivediscursivedistortioneisegesisenlacemententwinemententwiningerranterraticerrorexaggerationexcursiveexpressionismfabricfalse coloringfalsificationflexuoseflexuosityflexuousflexuousness
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garblingglossgnominioushyperboleinaccuracyindirectinjusticeinterknittinginterlacementinterlaceryinterlacingintertextureinterthreadingintertieingintertwinementintertwiningintertwistinginterweavementinterweavingintorsioninvoluteinvolutedinvolutioninvolutionalknittinglabyrinthinelacinglitotesmalentendumalobservationmazymeandermeanderingmeandrousmisapplicationmisapprehensionmiscitationmiscoloringmisconceptionmisconstructionmisdrawing
Related words (113)
misexplanationmisexplicationmisexpositionmisintelligencemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmispaintingmisquotationmisreadingmisrenderingmisreportmisrepresentationmisstatementmisteachingmistranslationmisunderstandingmisuse of wordsnonrealismout-of-the-wayoverdrawing
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overstatementperversionplaitingplanetaryramblingrivoserivulationrivuloseroundaboutrovingruffledserpentineshiftingsigmoidsinuatesinuationsinuosesinuositysinuoussinuousnessslantingslinkinesssnakinesssnakysqueezingstrayswervingtexturetissuetorsiontorsionaltortiletortilitytortuositytortuoustortuousnesstorturingturningtwiningtwistyunderstatementundirectedundulationvagrantveeringwanderingwarp and woofwarpagewavewavingweaveweavingwebweftagewhorledwindingwreathingwreathlikewreathywrenchingzigzag
Noun(27 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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17 entriesdeceptionfalsificationfiber processingformgeometric featureinterpretationmechanical processmisinformationmisrepresentationmovementnarrativepath featurephysical actionrotary motionrotationshape
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14 entriesCollocations
14 entriesfiber twistingplied yarntwisting angletwisting axistwisting forcetwisting mechanismtwisting motiontwisting narrativetwisting pathtwisting patterntwisting roadtwisting ropetwisting staircasetwisting vines
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Local officials are twisting arms to push new development projects.
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He fell, twisting his ankle.
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River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.
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