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 …

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 — …

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

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

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

His face was contorted with rage, the veins in his neck were swollen and his nostrils were flared, like a bull about to charge.

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

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-.

CONTORT definition: 1. to (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form…. Learn more.

CONTORT definition: to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort. See examples of contort used in a sentence.