I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.
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Twisting
//ˈtwɪstɪŋ//
Synonyms for "twisting" (192 found)
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discursiveeisegesisenlacemententwinemententwiningerranterraticerrorexaggerationexcursiveexpressionismfabricfalse coloringfalsificationflexuoseflexuosityflexuousflexuousnessgarblinggloss
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gnominioushyperboleinaccuracyindirectinjusticeinterknittinginterlacementinterlaceryinterlacingintertextureinterthreadingintertieingintertwinementintertwiningintertwistinginterweavementinterweavingintorsioninvoluteinvolutedinvolutioninvolutionalknittinglabyrinthinelacinglitotesmalentendumalobservationmazymeandermeanderingmeandrousmisapplicationmisapprehensionmiscitationmiscoloring
Noun(1 words)
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misconceptionmisconstructionmisdrawingmisexplanationmisexplicationmisexpositionmisintelligencemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmispaintingmisquotationmisreadingmisrenderingmisreportmisrepresentationmisstatementmisteachingmistranslationmisunderstandingmisuse of words
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nonrealismout-of-the-wayoverdrawingoverstatementperversionplaitingplanetaryramblingrivoserivulationrivuloseroundaboutrovingruffledserpentineshiftingsigmoidsinuatesinuationsinuosesinuositysinuoussinuousnessslantingslinkinesssnakinesssnakyspinsqueezingstrayswervingtexturetissuetorsiontorsionaltortiletortilitytortuositytortuoustortuousnesstorturingturningtwiningtwistyunderstatementundirectedundulationvagrantveeringwanderingwarp and woofwarpagewavewavingweaveweavingwebweftagewhorledwindingwreathingwreathlikewreathywrenchingzigzag
Adjective(4 words)
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3 translations across 3 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- kronkelend adj (having many twists)
Finnish
1 entries- mutkikas adj (having many twists)
Russian
1 entries- изви́листый adj (having many twists)
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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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