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