When trying to say something uncomfortable or dishonest, people often go through verbal contortions. But when someone else "twists" something you said or did, we usually say instead that they've …

CONTORTED definition: twisted in a violent manner; distorted. See examples of contorted used in a sentence.

Use the adjective contorted to describe something that's twisted or misshapen. If your face is contorted with frustration as you build a model sailboat, you’re furrowing your brows and wrinkling your nose — …

/ kənˈtɔː.tɪd / Add to word list twisted or bent into an unnatural shape or form: contorted limbs / branches

Definition of contort verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

One had visible sores and the other had a facial tick that regularly contorted her little face.

Define contorted. contorted synonyms, contorted pronunciation, contorted translation, English dictionary definition of contorted. adj. 1. Twisted or strained out of shape.

con•tort /kənˈtɔrt/ v. to (cause to) become twisted, bent, or strained: [no object] His face contorted with rage. [~ + object] Anger contorted his face. See -tort-.

The boy contorted his body to squeeze through the gate. Her face was contorted with/in rage/anger.

to become twisted, distorted, or strained. His face contorted into a grotesque sneer.