contortion
11contortion — noun (U) 1 the act of twisting something so that it does not have its normal shape, and looks strange or unattractive, or the fact of being twisted in this way: the involuntary contortion of muscles brought on by the illness 2 (C) a twisted… …
12contortion — contort ► VERB ▪ twist or bend out of its normal shape. DERIVATIVES contortion noun. ORIGIN Latin contorquere twist round, brandish …
13Contortion Spur — (80°25′S 160°9′E / 80.417°S 160.15°E / 80.417; 160.15) is the largest and easternmost of three spurs which descend north from Mount Madison near the mouth of Byrd Glacier. The …
14contortion — noun see contort …
15contortion — noun a) The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself. b) A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body …
16contortion — Synonyms and related words: anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, buckle, crookedness, detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distortion, gnarl, imbalance, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness, quirk, screw, torsion, tortuosity, turn, twist, unsymmetry …
17contortion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. distortion, twist, dislocation, deformity; grimace. See convolution. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Something contorted] Syn. deformity, distortion, grimace, moue (French), pout, twist, torsion, mutilation,… …
18contortion — con|tor|tion [ kən tɔrʃn ] noun count 1. ) the process of twisting your face or body into a shape that is not natural, or the positions into which they have been twisted: facial contortions 2. ) a complicated process, especially one designed to… …
19contortion — [[t]kəntɔ͟ː(r)ʃ(ə)n[/t]] contortions N COUNT Contortions are movements of your body or face into unusual shapes or positions. I cannot but admire the contortions of the gymnasts …
20contortion — con tor·tion || É”Ëʃn n. twisting, bending; distorting …
