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Twisted

verb
/ˈtwɪstɪd/
Word Frequency: 6.7

Definitions

1.verbTo turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
2.verbTo join together by twining one part around another.
3.verbTo contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
4.verbTo wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
5.verbTo wind into; to insinuate.
"Avarice twists itself into all human concerns."
6.verbTo turn a knob etc.
7.verbTo distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
8.verbTo form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
9.verbTo injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
10.verb(of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
11.verbTo cause to rotate.
12.verbTo dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
13.verbTo coax.
14.verbIn the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
15.adjectiveContorted.
16.adjectiveWound spirally.
17.adjectiveMentally disturbed or unsound.
"The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath."
18.adjectiveUnder the influence of multiple intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana.

Synonyms

pretzelledderangeddisturbedpervertedsickwarpedcoiledcontortedcrookedartfuldisingenuousdistorted

Rhymes With

insistedpersistedenlistedtightfistedlistedassistedresistedconsisted
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