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Contort   /kəntˈɔrt/   Listen
Contort

verb
1.
Twist and press out of shape.  Synonyms: deform, distort, wring.



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"Contort" Quotes from Famous Books



... a certain less dignified, but expressive, three-lettered qualification. But before those Tripos Papers I bow my head in humble adoration. They sometimes take my breath away even to read the terrible excruciating things, which seem to turn one's brain round and round, and contort the muscles of one's face, and stop the pulsation of one's heart, when one tries to grasp the ...
— The Romance of Mathematics • P. Hampson



Words linked to "Contort" :   wring, wrench, morph, twist, distort, twine, contortion



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