Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To twist in a violent manner.

    features contorted with fury

    деформироватьdeformirovatʹ, скручиватьskručivatʹ, изгиба́тьizgibátʹ

    twist and press out of shape

  2. (intransitive)To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.

    verzerren

    искривля́тьiskrivljátʹ, искажа́тьiskažátʹ

Examples

5 sentences

  1. He contorts himself to advance and grow.

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  2. Janos's face was contorted with horrific anger.

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  3. Sinograms are a result of a long, contorted, organic evolution.

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  4. You won't believe how he can contort the meaning of 'truth'.

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  5. When Ziri looked up and saw Rima laughing at him, his face literally contorted with rage.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to twist in a violent manner:
to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression:

Origin

Equivalent to con- + -tort; from Middle English, borrowed from Latin contortus, past parti

Equivalent to con- + -tort; from Middle English, borrowed from Latin contortus, past participle of contorqueō, from com- + torqueō (“twist, turn”).

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Forms

contorts, contorting, contorted, contorted
Base formcontort · to contort
3rd person singularcontorts
Present participlecontorting
Past simplecontorted
Past participlecontorted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycontort
he, she, itcontorts

Past simpleLesson

all personscontorted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave contorted
he, she, ithas contorted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill contort

Synonyms

5 synonyms
twistB1deformdetort
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedcontortion
Derivedcontortablecontortercontortionistcontortivecontortly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
continuityC1continuousB1continuouslyB1continuumcontourcontraband
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