Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, noting a joint of the legs, etc., when the faces tend to turn spirally on the joint, as if this had been subjected to a twisting force.
- In botany, contorted or bent on itself. In estivation, same as
convolute .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted.
- adjective (Geom.) a curve of double curvature. See Plane curve, under
Curve . - adjective (Geom.) a surface described by a straight line moving according to any law whatever, yet so that the consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one plane; a warped surface.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
twist . - adjective
contorted - adjective
wound spirally - adjective Mentally disturbed or unsound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word twisted.
Examples
-
The employee testified he threw out the test results and didn't put his conclusions in writing to a supervisor, because he was concerned they could be "misinterpreted" and his word "twisted and turned," according to the filings.
BP Claims Halliburton Destroyed Oil-Spill Evidence Tom Fowler 2011
-
He glanced from my face to Henry—who appeared behind me at the top of the stairs—and his expression twisted with grief or anger.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
-
He glanced from my face to Henry—who appeared behind me at the top of the stairs—and his expression twisted with grief or anger.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
-
He glanced from my face to Henry—who appeared behind me at the top of the stairs—and his expression twisted with grief or anger.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
-
With her expression twisted in a scowl, Veronique instantly morphed from crude biker bitch to a goth-looking Satan worshiper.
Pure Paradise Allison Hobbs 2009
-
His expression twisted into a grimace as the bone dust began to fly.
Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996
-
His expression twisted into a grimace as the bone dust began to fly.
Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996
-
His expression twisted into a grimace as the bone dust began to fly.
Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996
-
If I do not honor it— The tears spilled over, but her expression twisted from woe to anger before they fell.
TO STORM HEAVEN ESTHER FRIESNER 1990
-
Bruckner described a sheriff on a Florida beach ordering him to cover his naked two-year-old daughter, as an example of the US's "problem with sex", which he described as "twisted puritanism" resulting from the alliance of "feminism and the Republican right".
Dominique Strauss-Kahn will fly home to a France divided over his reputation 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.