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