A tortuous and twisted shape or position.

synonyms: contortion, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness.

Roget 217: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj.; slopeness^†; leaning etc. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion etc. 243; bend etc. (curve) 245; tower of Pisa.    acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd^†, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity^†; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe [Fr.]; facilis descensus averni [Lat.].    ... show more

Roget 243: distortion, detortion^†, contortion; twist, crookedness etc. (obliquity) 217; grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation^†; harelip; monstrosity, misproportion^†, want of symmetry, anamorphosis^†; ugliness etc. 846; talipes^†; teratology.    asymmetry; irregularity.    ... show more

Polish: krętość

Having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles.

The quality of being deceitful and underhanded.

synonym: deviousness.

Polish: perfidia