- contorted, writhed, writhen - twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
- contorted, distorted, twisted - strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders"
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
- contort, deform, distort, wring - twist and press out of shape
--1 is one way to twist, twine, distort
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun contortion2, noun contortion1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something