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contortion

noun

1 contortion

The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself).

synonym: deformation.

Dutch: verrekking, verwringing, misvorming, vervorming, deformatie
Polish: zniekształcanie, deformowanie

2 contortion

A tortuous and twisted shape or position:
— The acrobat performed incredible contortions.

synonyms: crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness.

Roget 243: distortion, detortion, contortion; twist, crookedness etc. (obliquity) 217; grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation; harelip; monstrosity, ... show more

Polish: krętość


Moby thesaurus: anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, buckle, crookedness, detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distortion, gnarl, imbalance, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness, quirk, screw, torsion, tortuosity, turn, twist ... show more.

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