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contorted

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con·tort·ed  (kn-tôrtd)
adj.
1. Twisted or strained out of shape.
2. Botany Twisted, bent, or partially rolled upon itself; convolute.
con·torted·ly adv.
con·torted·ness n.
contorted [kənˈtɔːtɪd]
adj
1. twisted out of shape
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (esp of petals and sepals in a bud) twisted so that they overlap on one side
contortedly  adv
contortedness  n
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Adj.1.contorted - twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
writhed, writhen
crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"


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Around it was a patch of silent common, smouldering in places, and with a few dark, dimly seen objects lying in contorted attitudes here and there.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
I had crossed a marshy tract full of willows, bulrushes, and odd, outlandish, swampy trees; and I had now come out upon the skirts of an open piece of undulating, sandy country, about a mile long, dotted with a few pines and a great number of contorted trees, not unlike the oak in growth, but pale in the foliage, like willows.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Why assume that a doubled-up body, a contorted, purple face, and a gaping mouth emitting a series of ear-splitting shrieks point to a state of more intelligent happiness than a pensive face reposing upon a little white hand, and a pair of gentle tear-dimmed eyes looking back through Time's dark avenue upon a fading past?
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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