About The Word Contortion
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Contortion
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What's The Definition Of Contortion?
[n] the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
[n] a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" Synonyms | Synonyms for Contortion: crookedness | deformation | torsion | tortuosity | tortuousness Related Terms | Find terms related to Contortion: anamorphism | anamorphosis | asymmetry | buckle | crookedness | detorsion | deviation | disproportion | distortion | gnarl | imbalance | irregularity | knot | lopsidedness | quirk | screw | torsion | tortuosity | turn | twist | unsymmetry | warp | wrench | wrest | wring See Also | change of shape | distorted shape | distortion Contortion In Webster's Dictionary \Con*tor"tion\, n. [L. contortio: cf. F. contorsion.
See {Contort}, and cf. {Torsion}.]
A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the
contortion of the muscles of the face. --Swift.
All the contortions of the sibyl, without the
inspiration. --Burke.
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